Ex parte NEUENSCHWANDER - Page 5




          Appeal No. 96-4104                                                          
          Application 08/262,231                                                      


          to be effective by relatively rotating adjacent laminas, but                
          rather by alternately stacking two different laminas, the                   
          spacing means on one being positioned differently from the                  
          spacing means on the other.                                                 
               Absent any disclosure of relative rotation of adjacent                 
          laminas by Diederichs, there would be no suggestion to one of               
          ordinary skill to provide Neuenschwander with a means for                   
          relatively rotating adjacent laminas to offset their spacing                
          means.                                                                      
               Accordingly, the examiner’s decision to reject claims 8                
          to 12 and 24 to 27 is reversed.                                             
                                      REVERSED                                        


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