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               Appeal No. 1999-1164                                                                                                   
               Application No. 08/715,559                                                                                             


               consistent with the specification.  In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1548, 218 USPQ 385, 388                                
               (Fed. Cir. 1983).                                                                                                      
                       In light of the foregoing, we cannot sustain either of the § 103 rejections advanced                           
               by the examiner on this appeal.                                                                                        
                       The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                                      
                                                           REVERSED                                                                   




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