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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETER M. BONUTTI
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Appeal No. 2001-0628
Application No. 09/118,665
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HEARD: July 17, 2003
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Before COHEN, MCQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Peter M. Bonutti appeals from the final rejection of claims
59 through 80 and 84 through 91, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a “method for use in medical
imaging” (specification, page 1). Representative claim 59 reads
as follows:
59. A method of imaging a joint in a body of a patient,
said method comprising the steps of providing an imaging unit
having a chamber, positioning a joint in a patient’s body in the
chamber of the imaging unit with the patient in a seated
orientation, gripping a portion of the patient’s body adjacent to
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