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App. No. 11/147,816 · Confirmation No. 8054

Sizing distractor and method for implanting an interspinous implant between adjacent spinous processes

Inventors: James F. Zucherman, Ken Y. Hsu, Charles A. Hartjen, Charles J. Winslow, John Flynn, David Bohrer

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Inventors

James F. Zucherman San Francisco, CA

Ken Y. Hsu San Francisco, CA

Charles A. Hartjen Monkton, MD

Charles J. Winslow Walnut Creek, CA

John Flynn West Milford, NJ

David Bohrer Barrington, RI

Attorneys & Agents of Record

CATHERINE FELDMAN Reg. 65662 Attorney · BROWN RUDNICK LLP

BRIAN WELLE Reg. 73799 Attorney

ALISSA POHLMAN Reg. 60600 Attorney · AKERMAN LLP

DAVID CHAMBERS Reg. 50788 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

DAVID REESE Reg. 67942 Agent · MEDTRONIC

SHELLEY MIXON Reg. 53971 Attorney · AKERMAN LLP

JUSTIN LOFFREDO Reg. 67287 Attorney · MEDTRONIC PLC

SEAN EDMAN Reg. 42506 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

PETER SORELL Reg. 44349 Attorney · SORELL, LENNA & SCHMIDT LLP

MATTHEW ANDERSON Reg. 61563 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

WILLIAM SCHMIDT Reg. 39492 Attorney · SORELL, LENNA @SCHMIDT, LLP

LEO LENNA Reg. 42796 Attorney · SORELL, LENNA & SCHMIDT, LLP

DAVID PRUETER Reg. 75939 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

CAROLINE BARRY Reg. 41600 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

MATTHEW COLAGROSSO Reg. 65633 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

SHARON MUGHAL Reg. 59816 Attorney · MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.

MARIANNE TIMM-SCHREIBER Reg. 58085 Attorney · MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.

ALANA BERGMAN Reg. 47420 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

THOMAS JOHNSTON Reg. 41098 Attorney · MEDTRONIC PLC

BLAINE PAGE Reg. 58800 Attorney · EURO-PRO

ADAM SOUTHWORTH Reg. 65407 Attorney · BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.

MELISSA DOBSON Reg. 58712 Attorney

RICHARD WATKINS Reg. 50993 Attorney · MEDTRONIC PLC

JUSTIN OLIVER Reg. 44986 Attorney · FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO

RICHARD PHILLIPS Reg. 66588 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INCORPORATED

GALEN RAHMLOW Reg. 66738 Attorney · SHUMAKER AND SIEFFERT

JOHN VAN HORN Reg. 68834 Attorney

BOBAK JALAIE Reg. 57663 Attorney · PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

MICKKI MURRAY Reg. 56846 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

ISHAK AKYUZ Reg. 61125 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

SHANE SONDREAL Reg. 60145 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

HEATHER LARSON Reg. 50411 Attorney

TIFFANY PARCHER Reg. 58944 Attorney · DRAFT MASTERS IP, LLC

MARK KERTZ Reg. 43711 Attorney · MEDTRONIC PLC

JOHN THOMPSON Reg. 43953 Attorney · MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC.

JAMES LEONARD Reg. 60092 Attorney · INFINEON AG

ERIC GARCIA Reg. 69630 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

JAMES KEOGH Reg. 44824 Agent · MEDTRONIC, INC.

MADHAVI PATANKAR Reg. 66793 Agent · SHAY GLENN LLP

CHRISTOPHER KARLEN Reg. 66486 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

MICHAEL RASMUSSEN Reg. 63073 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

RICHARD MARSH Reg. 59031 Attorney · FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP

CHRISTOPHER BLIZZARD Reg. 70121 Agent

RICHARD KLEIN Reg. 33330 Attorney

ANDREW HUAH Reg. 71379 Attorney

DANIEL PERRY Reg. 70709 Agent · MEDTRONIC

GIORDANA BELENCHIA Reg. 63680 Attorney · COVIDIEN SURGICAL SOLUTIONS

THOMAS BEATON Reg. 46543 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

KYLE TROUT Reg. 68791 Attorney · PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS

JOSHUA KUBE Reg. 69000 Agent · MEDTRONIC, INC.

MICHAEL OSTROM Reg. 58730 Attorney · MEDTRONIC, INC.

MARSHA HUDDY Reg. 67294 Attorney · SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG, & WOESSNER, P.A.

DOUGLAS ESPENSCHIED Reg. 66607 Attorney · MEDTRONIC

EVANS MBURU Reg. 63070 Attorney · MEDTRONIC INC.

MARK EDWARDS Reg. 71183 Attorney · SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A.

Classification

USPC 606/90

A61B17/025 A61B2090/061 A61B2017/0256

Prosecution

Examiner: HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY
Art Unit: 3733
Customer No.: 65901
Docket No.: 5910-181
Confirmation No.: 8054

Publication

Pub. No.: US20060036258A1
Pub. Date: 2006-02-16

KYPHON SARL

from MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded 2008-06-09

021070/0278 →

MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC

from KYPHON INC

CHANGE OF NAME Recorded 2008-05-09

020993/0042 →

KYPHON, INC.

from BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

TERMINATION/RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded 2008-03-14

020679/0107 →

KYPHON INC.

from ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

MERGER Recorded 2008-01-21

020393/0260 →

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

from ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded 2007-02-05

018911/0427 →

ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

from HSU, KEN Y., ZUCHERMAN, JAMES F.

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded 2005-12-16

017128/0462 →

ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

from FLYNN, JOHN, BOHRER, DAVID, WINSLOW, CHARLES J., HARTJEN, CHARLES J.

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded 2005-10-26

017150/0001 →

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Quick Facts

App. No.: 11/147,816
Filed: 2005-06-08
Pub. No.: US20060036258A1
Examiner: HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY
Art Unit: 3733

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