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                Appeal No. 96-4027                                                                                                       
                Application 08/392,663                                                                                                   


                303, 309 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).                                                            







                        In view of the foregoing, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1, 3, 6, 8, and 9 under                  

                35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed; however, the decision of the Examiner rejecting  claims 2, 4, 5, 10, 11                     

                and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                

                        No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be                            

                extended under 37 CFR  § 1.136(a).                                                                                       

                                                       AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                                                  







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