Ex Parte ANDREW et al - Page 1



               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                        
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-0550                                  
                             Application No. 09/030,792                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          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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