Ex parte JOUTRAS et al. - Page 17




          Appeal No. 98-0985                                        Page 17           
          Application No. 08/271,022                                                  


                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject                   
          claims 42-47, 49-52 and 72-74 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                 
          paragraph, is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject              
          claims 42-47 and 72-74 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed; the               
          decision of the examiner to reject claims 49-52 under 35                    
          U.S.C. § 103 is reversed; a new rejection of claims 50-52                   
          under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, has been added                     
          pursuant to provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b).                                


               In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection of one               
          or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of                      
          rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec.              
          1, 1997, by                                                                 



















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