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                  Appeal No. 2002-2149                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/807,096                                                                                                              

                           Each of independent claims 6, 18, and 20 contains limitations similar to those in                                              
                  claim 1 for which the rejection is deficient.  We cannot sustain the rejection of claims 1,                                             
                  3-6, 8-18, 20, and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Khenson and                                                      
                  Harding.                                                                                                                                


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           The rejection of claims 1, 3-6, 8-18, 20, and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                                                      
                  reversed.                                                                                                                               


                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




                                             JERRY SMITH                                           )                                                      
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                                             HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP                                 )     APPEALS                                          
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                                             MAHSHID D. SAADAT                                     )                                                      
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