Ex parte BARFIELD et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 97-3707                                                          
          Application 08/595,910                                                      



               Thus, the examiner’s conclusion that the differences                   
          between the subject matter recited in claims 9 through 12 and               
          the applied prior art are such that the subject matter as a                 
          whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was                 
          made to a person having ordinary skill in the art is not well               
          founded.  Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35                 
          U.S.C. § 103 rejections of these claims.                                    
               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              
                                     REVERSED                                         


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                         IAN A. CALVERT                     )                         
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