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          Appeal No. 98-0054                                                          
          Application No. 08/438,888                                                  


                    The following references are relied upon by the                   
            examiner as evidence of obviousness in support of his                     
            rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103:                                         
            Korney                   2,629,111                 Feb.  24,              
            1953                                                                      
            Forwood                  2,651,788                 Sept. 15,              
            1953                                                                      
            Stumpf (‘984)            4,234,984                 Nov.  25,              
            1980                                                                      
            Stumpf (‘977)            4,439,977                 Apr.   3,              
            1984                                                                      

                 The grounds of rejection are as follows:                             
                 1. Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                   
            103 as being unpatentable over Stumpf ‘984 in view of                     
            Forwood.                                                                  
                 2. Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                  
            being unpatentable over Stumpf ‘984 in view of Forwood                    
            and Korney.                                                               
                 3. Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                   
            103 as being unpatentable over Stumpf ‘977 in view of                     
            Forwood and Stumpf ‘984.                                                  
                 Reference is made to the examiner’s answer for                       
            details of these rejections.                                              


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