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                    Appeal No. 2002-0552                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/117,603                                                                                                                            


                    teachings and not from any fair teaching or suggestion in the                                                                                         
                    references themselves.                                                                                                                                


                    In light of the foregoing, it is our determination that the                                                                                           
                    examiner has not made out a prima facie case of obviousness, and                                                                                      
                    that the decision of the examiner rejecting claim 3 under                                                                                             
                    35 U.S.C. § 103(a) must be reversed.                                                                                                                  


                                                                            REVERSED                                                                                      



                                                  NEAL E. ABRAMS                                             )                                                            
                                                  Administrative Patent Judge                                )                                                            
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                                                                                                             ) BOARD OF PATENT                                            
                                                  CHARLES E. FRANKFORT                                       )     APPEALS                                                
                                                  Administrative Patent Judge                                )       AND                                                  
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                                                  JOHN P. MCQUADE                                            )                                                            
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