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          Appeal No. 96-1511                                                          
          Application 08/063,919                                                      



               e) claims 12 and 19 as being unpatentable over Wolsh in view           
          of Clay;                                                                    
               f) claims 16 and 18 as being unpatentable over Wolsh in view           
          of Clay, and further in view of Andre;                                      
               g) claims 16 and 17 as being unpatentable over Wolsh in view           
          of Clay, and further in view of Copell;                                     
               h) claim 20 as being unpatentable over Engvall in view of              
          Clay;                                                                       
               i) claims 1, 3 through 5, 8 through 10, 12, 16, 18 and 19 as           
          being unpatentable over Frank in view of Andre;                             
               j) claims 1, 3 through 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 and 19 as               
          being unpatentable over Frank in view of Copell;                            
               k) claims 1, 3 through 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16 and 18 through 20           
          as being unpatentable over Wolsh in view of Andre; and                      
               l) claims 1, 3 through 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19 and 20 as           
          being unpatentable over Wolsh in view of Copell.                            
               Reference is made to the appellant’s main and reply briefs             
          (Paper Nos. 11 and 14) and to the examiner’s main and                       
          supplemental answers (Paper Nos. 13 and 15) for the respective              
          positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the              
          propriety of these rejections.                                              


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