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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK S. ANDREW and MYLINA ANDREW
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Appeal No. 2001-0550
Application No. 09/030,792
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Mark S. Andrew et al. appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-15, all the claims pending in the
application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a method (claims 1-12 and
15) and apparatus (claims 13 and 14) for liquefying target tissue
within a body and aspirating the same while leaving non-target
tissue intact. A further understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of claims 1 and 13, reproduced below:
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