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          Appeal No. 97-2807                                                          
          Application 08/233,216                                                      



          We have also reviewed the patents to Guild and Bortoli                      
          applied by the examiner in the § 103 rejections of claims 27                
          through 29 and 32 through 35. However, we find nothing in either            
          of these references which would supply that which we have noted             
          above to be lacking in the patents to Johnston and Sarver.                  
          Accordingly, the examiner's rejections of dependent claims 27               
          through 29 and 32 through 35 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103 will           
          likewise not be sustained.                                                  

          As should be apparent from the foregoing, the decision of                   
          the examiner rejecting claims 26 through 29 and 32 through 35 of            
          the present application is reversed.                                        

                                      REVERSED                                        



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