Ex parte FOSSUM - Page 14




          Appeal No. 98-2779                                                          
          Application 08/496,604                                                      






















                                      APPENDIX                                        


               1.  A surgical clamp comprising:                                       
               a pair of intersecting arms and pivot means                            
          interconnecting said arms for providing rotating motion about               
          a common axis;                                                              
               said arms each comprising handle portion, jaw portion,                 
          and shaft portion between said handle and jaw portions;                     
               each handle portion further comprising finger loop and                 
          latching means opposite said finger loop and in substantially               
          the same plane therewith;                                                   
               each jaw portion further comprising diamond grid gripping              
          surface; and                                                                
               said gripping surface on each jaw being operably opposed               
          and said latching means being operably engageable when said                 
          handle portions are rotated toward each other for holding said              

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