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          Appeal No. 2001-2320                                                        
          Application 09/097,295                                                      


          view of either Palmer or Ito and the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)            
          rejection of dependent claims 2 through 14 and 17 through 25, 27            
          through 29 and 31 as being unpatentable over Steenstrup in view             
          of either Palmer or Ito.  The appellant has not challenged these            
          rejections with any reasonable specificity, thereby allowing the            
          dependent claims to stand or fall with their respective                     
          independent parent claims.  See In re Nielson, 816 F.2d 1567,               
          1572, 2 USPQ2d 1525, 1528 (Fed. Cir. 1987).                                 

























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