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          Appeal No. 2000-0165                                                        
          Application No. 08/783,693                                                  


                                      DECISION                                        
               The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 2, 4                  
          through 15, 17 through 19 and 21 through 37 under 35 U.S.C. §               
          103(a) is affirmed as to claims 5 through 15, 17 through 19,                
          21 through 27 and 31 through 37, and is reversed as to claims               
          1, 2, 4 and 28 through 30.  Accordingly, the decision of the                
          examiner is affirmed-in-part.                                               
               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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