Ex parte LANGFORD et al. - Page 4

                Appeal No. 94-2864                                                                                                            
                Application No. 07/911,729                                                                                                    


                reticulated  metering layer which has at least twice as many3                                                                                                          
                openings/cm as does the reservoir and a thickness less than one-                                                              
                half that of the reservoir, [and] “bonding [thereof] to the                                                                   
                underlying reservoir only at crossing points of the reticulations                                                             
                . . .” in claim 17 (emphasis supplied).  The decision of the                                                                  
                examiner rejecting claims 17-20 is reversed.                                                                                  
                                                                REVERSED                                                                      



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                         3Reticulated means resembling a “network”.  See page 2                                                               
                of the Reply Brief and page 504 of Grant & Hackh’s Chemical                                                                   
                Dictionary, Fifth Edition, McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, Grant                                                                    
                et al., 1987.                                                                                                                 
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