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          Appeal No. 1997-0151                                                        
          Application 08/169,542                                                      



                                      DECISION                                        
               The rejection of claim 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                
          paragraph, is affirmed.  The rejections of claims 23, 25, 31-               
          33 and 36-40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over appellant’s admitted                
          prior art taken together with Segall, and over McKenna taken                
          together with Strobel, appellant’s admitted prior art and                   
          Segall, are 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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