Ex parte BIRCH et al. - Page 4


          Appeal No. 2000-1300                                                        
          Application 08/853,581                                                      

          No. 17, mailed March 2, 2001) for the examiner's reasoning in               
          support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No.              
          14, filed September 20, 1999) for the arguments thereagainst.               


                                        OPINION                                       


               In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given                 
          careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims,              
          to the applied prior art references, and to the respective                  
          positions                                                                   






















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