UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL W. JOHNSON
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Appeal 2007-2766
Application 09/880,615
Technology Center 3700
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Decided: October 17, 2007
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Before DEMETRA J. MILLS, LORA M. GREEN, and
RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of
claims 23, 24, 26-30, 32, 33, and 35-40. We have jurisdiction under 35
U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The claims are directed to methods of manufacturing a porous stent.
The stent is described as useful to deliver drugs to a desired body location by
loading stent pores with drug (Specification 1: 28-29; 3: 4-20).
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