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          Appeal No. 95-2990                                                           
          Application 08/147,907                                                       

                    This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims               
          22-25, which constitute all the claims remaining in the                      
          application.                                                                 
                    Claim 25 reads as follows:                                         
                    25.  A method for playing musical notes utilizing a                
          plurality of hand bells, each said hand bell being marked by a               
          color corresponding to the particular musical note produced by               
          said hand bell, and a plurality of means for displaying only a               
          single combination of said colors corresponding to a single                  
          musical note or a single musical chord, said plurality of                    
          means for displaying comprising a deck of cards, each said                   
          card having a front side and a back side and wherein at least                
          one said color is displayed on said front side; said method                  
          comprising the steps of:                                                     
                    a.  displaying said front side of a first said card                
          from said deck for a first period of time while not displaying               
          any other said card in said deck during said first period of                 
          time;                                                                        
                    b.  activating each said hand bell having a color                  
          corresponding to said combination of said colors displayed on                
          said first card and playing said note during said first period               
          of time;                                                                     
                    c.  ceasing to display said first card immediately                 
          after said first period of time lapses;                                      
                    d.  ceasing to activate each said hand bell having a               
          color corresponding to said combination of said colors                       
          displayed on said first card immediately after said first card               
          ceases to be displayed;                                                      
                    e.  displaying said front side of a second said card               
          from said deck for a second period of time while not                         
          displaying any other said card in said deck during said second               
          period of time;                                                              

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