Ex parte MAYS et al. - Page 7




                 Appeal No. 2000-0789                                                                                     Page 7                        
                 Application No. 08/856,373                                                                                                             


                 bottom 4 to close the open circular ends of the cylindrical                                                                            
                 drum body.                                                                                                                             


                          Since all the limitations of claims 1 to 4 are not                                                                            
                 disclosed in Mittinger for the reasons set forth above, the                                                                            
                 decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 4  under 35                            1                                                
                 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed.                                                                                                           


                                                                   CONCLUSION                                                                           


















                          1Claim 2 depends from claim 1 and claim 4 depends from                                                                        
                 claim 3.                                                                                                                               







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