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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHARLES D. RAY and
ROBERT L. ASSELL
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Appeal No. 2001-2516
Application No. 09/286,047
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, CRAWFORD and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 20,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
The appellant’s invention relates to a prosthetic spinal disc nucleus for
implantation into a nucleus cavity of a spinal disc and a method of making same.
(Specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix
to the appellants’ brief.
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