Appeal No. 97-2888
Application 08/389,077
Claim 36 depends from claim 35 (which depends from claim
32) and further calls for a pair of lateral support panels
extending from the major posterior support member. Appellant,
in addition to arguing that the limitations of claim 32 are
not taught or
suggested by the applied references, also argues (Brief, pages
15
and 16) that none of the references disclose means for
adjusting
the height of the surgical frame relative to the surface of an
operating table as recited in claim 36.4
We have already considered and found unpersuasive
appellant’s arguments with respect to claim 32 above. As to
the height adjusting means of claim 36, Michelson '943 clearly
teaches that the height of the frame over the operating table
The means for adjusting the height of the surgical frame relative to4
the surface of an operating table is actually found in claim 35 from which
claim 36 depends.
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