Ex Parte MURRAY et al - Page 3



                Appeal No. 2000-0121                                                                                                          
                Application No. 08/773,665                                                                                                    

                No. 18), while the complete statement of appellants' argument can                                                             
                be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 17 and 19).                                                                 

                                                                 OPINION                                                                      

                         In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this                                                              
                appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered                                                                      
                appellants' specification and claims, the applied teachings,  and                                   1                         
                the respective viewpoints of appellants and the examiner.  As a                                                               
                consequence of our review, we make the determinations which                                                                   
                follow.                                                                                                                       

                         We do not sustain the respective rejections of appellants'                                                           
                claims since the applied evidence neither anticipates nor renders                                                             
                obvious the claimed subject matter.  Our detailed reasoning                                                                   
                appears below.                                                                                                                

                         1In our evaluation of the applied prior art, we have                                                                 
                considered all of the disclosure of each document for what it                                                                 










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