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          Appeal No. 95-3918                                                          
          Application 07/971,274                                                      

          being disposed to provide a friction fit at the periphery of a              
          disk disposed in said recess such that said disk is held                    
          against movement solely by the upright walls along its                      
          periphery;                                                                  
                    securing means for removably securing each disk                   
          holder to the foundation member; and                                        
                    a cover member, said plurality of disk holders being              
          removably secured by the securing means between the foundation              
          member and a first side of the cover member, said cover member              
          having a second side opposite the first side.                               
                                                                                     
                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
                   The following references were relied on by the                    
          examiner in support of the rejection:                                       
          Inaba et al. (Inaba)          4,327,831                May   4,             
          1982                                                                        
          Larson et al. (Larson)        4,550,355                Oct. 29,             
          1985                                                                        
          Spector                       5,090,561                Feb. 25,             
          1992                                                                        
                                                       (filed May 16,                 
          1991)                                                                       
                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
                   Claims 1, 10-21, 26-31 and 33-34 stand rejected                   
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Inaba in view              
          of Larson and Spector.                                                      
                    Rather than reiterate the examiner’s full statement               
          of the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints                 
          advanced by the examiner and the appellant regarding the                    
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