Ex Parte WALCH 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 GILLES WALCH and PASCAL BOILEAU                       
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0282                                 
                              Application No. 09/363,407                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 11                
          through 14.  These claims constitute all of the claims remaining            
          in the application.                                                         


               Appellants’ invention pertains to a humeral prosthesis set             
          for the upper extremity of the humerus.  A basic understanding of           
          the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim              

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