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          Appeal No. 1997-2397                                                        
          Application No. 08/061,286                                                  


              Accordingly, since the Examiner has not established a                   
         prima facie case of obviousness, the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection               
         of independent claims 1, 2, 13, 19, and 20, and claims 3-12 and              
         14-18 dependent thereon, cannot be sustained.  Therefore, the                
         decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1-20 is reversed.                  


                                     REVERSED                                         



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