Ex parte BONUTTI et al. - Page 1




                                   THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                         
                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                         
                 was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is                                                                            
                 not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                           Paper No. 22                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                  Ex parte PETER M. BONUTTI and JAMES S. HAWKINS                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-2550                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/467,6981                                                                          
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                                                          HEARD: April 8, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, PATE, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  



                          1Application for patent filed June 6, 1995.  According                                                                        
                 to the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part                                                                           
                 of Application 08/254,368, filed June 6, 1994, now U.S. Patent                                                                         
                 5,573,517, issued November 12, 1996; which is a division of                                                                            
                 Application 08/013,942, filed February 4, 1993, now U.S.                                                                               
                 Patent 5,320,611, issued June 14, 1994.                                                                                                
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