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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SOPHIE CARPENTIER
and ALAIN F. CARPENTIER
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Appeal No. 2001-1274
Application No. 08/764,821
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 70 to
92, all the claims remaining in the application.
Claim 70 is illustrative of the subject matter in issue, and
reads:
A method for treating bovine pericardium tissue or
porcine tissue to inhibit calcification of the tissue
following implantation in a mammalian body, the method
comprising:
heat treating the tissue prior to implantation for
a period of between 4-22 weeks; and
fixing the tissue during the heat treating.
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