Ex parte RIVERA et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 96-1869                                                          
          Application 08/086,494                                                      


                               NEW GROUND OF REJECTION                                


               Under the authority of 37 CFR 1.196(b), this panel of the              
          board introduces the following new rejection.                               
               Claims 9, 10, and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,               
          second paragraph as being indefinite (inaccurate), for the                  
          reasons explained, supra.                                                   


               In summary, this panel of the board has:                               


               reversed the rejection of claims 3, 7, 8 , 11 and 15                   
          under                                                                       
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stapleton in view                
          of Noble and Miles; and                                                     


               reversed the rejection of claims 1 through 16 under                    
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stapleton in view                
          of Noble,  Miles, and Young.                                                


               A new rejection has also been introduced.                              


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