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          Appeal No. 94-0591                                                           
          Application 07/755,610                                                       
          formulations, the examiner should determine in the first instance            
          the patentability of the subject matter appellant claims under               
          35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the combined teachings of the prior               
          art herein applied and UK Patent Application GB 2067587.                     
          6.   Conclusion                                                              
               We reverse the examiner’s rejection of Claims 1-9, 11, 12               
          and 16-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the combined teachings            
          of Bilton, Wruble, and Babayan.                                              
               We remand this case to the examiner to determine the metes              
          and bounds of the subject matter claimed, and thereafter, to                 
          consider its patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Wruble’s               
          disclosure and under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the Bilton,                  
          Wruble, Babayan, and GB 2067587.                                             

















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