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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOSEPH P. VACANTI, LINDA G. CIMA
and MICHAEL J. CIMA
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Appeal No. 1998-2777
Application 08/477,2261
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HEARD: November 17, 1999
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Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative
Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1 through 36 as
amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed September 3, 1996 (Paper No. 10). Claims 1
1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995. According to appellants, this application is a
continuation-in-part of Application 08/200,636, filed February 23, 1994, now U.S. Patent No.
5,518,680, granted May 21, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/138,345, filed
October 18, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,490,962, granted February 13, 1996.
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