The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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 DONALD S. KAPLAN, MATTHEW E. HERMES,
ROSS R. MUTH, DAVID L. BROWN and HENRY A. HOLZWARTH
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Appeal No. 1997-3712
Application 08/474,340
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 81-100, which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward
packaging of synthetic absorbable sutures. Claim 81 is
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