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               Appeal No. 96-0258                                                                                                    
               Application 08/094,651                                                                                                


                   appear to be no excuse for not positively including the references in the statement of the                        
                   rejection.  In re Hoch, 428 F.2d 1341, 1342 n.3, 166 USPQ 406, 407 n.3 (CCPA 1970).                               
                   Accordingly, we will not consider these references.                                                               
                           The examiner’s decision rejecting claims 13 through 15 under 35 U.S.C. §103 is                            
                   reversed.                                                                                                         
                                                           REVERSED                                                                  




                                                                                                                                    
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