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          Appeal No. 1998-2672                                                        
          Application No. 07/955,768                                                  


               Accordingly, since the Examiner has not established a                  
          prima facie case of obviousness, the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection              
          of independent claims 1, 9, 17, 20, 21, and 24, and claims 2,               
          3, 8, 10-12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, and 26 dependent thereon,                  
          cannot be sustained.  Therefore, the decision of the Examiner               
          rejecting claims 1-3, 8-12, and 17-26 is reversed.                          


                                     REVERSED                                         



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