Ex parte ALFANO et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 97-3292                                                          
          Application 08/522,827                                                      


          reasons set forth, supra, we conclude that the method of claim              
          14, considered as a whole, would not have been obvious based                
          upon                                                                        
          the applied prior art.  Thus, the rejection of claims 14 and                
          16 through 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 must be reversed.                       























               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              

          90 degree angle relative to the longitudinal axis of an optic fiber bundle, as now
          claimed.                                                                    
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