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          Appeal No. 96-1293                                                          
          Application 07/998,673                                                      



                    The prior art references of record relied upon by the             
          examiner as evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject matter           
          are:                                                                        
          Paul                               3,229,431       Jan. 18, 1966            
          Ziegelman et al. (Ziegelman)       3,461,633       Aug. 19, 1969            
          Morton et al. (Morton)             3,717,965       Feb. 27, 1973            
          Misawa                             3,719,015       Mar.  6, 1973            
          Patena                             3,845,592       Nov.  5, 1974            
          Herndon                            4,738,061       Apr. 19, 1988            


                    Claims 1, 4 through 6 and 14 through 18 stand rejected            
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in               
          view of Patena.                                                             


                    Claims 2, 3, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.             
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena as             
          applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Paul.                      


                    Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being           
          unpatentable over Ziegelman in view of Patena as applied to                 
          claim 1 above, and further in view of Herndon.                              






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