Ex parte REAMS et al. - Page 5



          Appeal No. 97-3107                                                          
          Application No. 08/520,976                                                  

          10 through water at a predetermined high velocity”                          
          [specification-page 7] is detected, thus excluding parachute                
          drops and such, as disclosed by Reams, wherein the deployment               
          envelope sinks, relatively slowly, and vertically, in the water.            
               The examiner’s decision rejecting claim 1 under 35 U.S.C.              
          '  102(b) is reversed.                                                      


                                         REVERSED                                     










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