Appeal No. 1997-4259
Application No. 08/259,474
With regard to claims 7, 9, 10 and 12 through 14 we
additionally invite the examiner’s attention to U.S. Patent
No. 5,407,445 (cited by appellants in the IDS filed June 19,
1995) wherein a biocompatible filler material for breast
implants is disclosed which has variable viscosity, improved
radiolucency close to that of normal breast tissue, and is
said to be similar in consistency and feel to the natural
human breast.
It follows from the foregoing that the decision of the
examiner is affirmed-in-part.
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