Appeal No. 2005-1675 Page 2
Application No. 09/523,503
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to orthopedic surgery and, in
particular, to alternative depth referencing in conjunction with knee-replacement surgery
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Whiteside 4,474,177 Oct. 2, 1984
White 5,662,656 Sept. 2, 1997
Claims 8 to 13, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Whiteside.
Claims 8 to 13 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by White.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection and the answer for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
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