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                  Appeal No. 97-0480                                                                                                                            
                  Application No. 07/858,818                                                                                                                    


                  reject claims 10, 13, 14 and 16 under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double                                              

                  patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-7, 9-16, 19, 21-24, 37-40 and 42 of copending                                                   

                  application no. 07/931,882 in view of Sanford “R” is reversed, and (III) to provisionally reject claims                                       

                  10, 13, 14 and 16 under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being                                         

                  unpatentable over claims 1-7, 9-16, 19, 21-24, 37-40 and 42 of copending application no.                                                      

                  07/931,882 in view of Sanford is sustained.                                                                                                   

                                                                       AFFIRMED                                                                                 




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