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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PETER M. BONUTTI and JAMES S. HAWKINS __________ Appeal No. 97-2550 Application 08/467,6981 ___________ HEARD: April 8, 1999 ___________ 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. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007