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          Appeal No. 2000-2254                                                        
          Application No. 08/746,746                                                  


          Each of the claims which depends from claim 24 recites a                    
          feature which was argued and considered above.  Therefore, we               
          also sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 25-29 and 31-35             
          for reasons discussed above.                                                
          In summary, we have sustained the examiner’s rejection                      
          with respect to claims 1-12, 24-29, 31-35 and 47, but we have not           
          sustained the rejection with respect to claims 13-23, 36-40 and             
          42-46.  Therefore, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims            
          1-29, 31-40 and 42-47 is affirmed-in-part.                                  
          No time period for taking any subsequent action in                          
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
          AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                                            




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