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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 WINSTON A. ANDREWS, GLORIA R. DUMLAO
and TERRY R. KNAPP
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Appeal No. 1997-4259
Application No. 08/259,474
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ON BRIEF
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Before METZ, FRANKFORT, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 17 and 27 through 31, which are
all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 18
through 26 and 32 through 36 have been canceled.
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellants'
invention relates to surgical implants or prostheses (e.g.,
breast implants), and more particularly to a filler material
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