The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRET A. FERREE and DAVID TOMPKINS
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Appeal No. 2006-0520
Application No. 10/303,385
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ON BRIEF
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Before, OWENS, 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 23.
Claims 24 and 25 are objected to by the examiner as being dependent on a rejected
claim.
The appellants' invention relates to a intervertebral disk replacement apparatus
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
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