Ex parte CHANG et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-1502                                                          
          Application 08/169,107                                                      

               The appeal is from a decision of the Primary Examiner                  
          rejecting claims 1-16.  We reverse-in-part and vacate and                   
          remand in-part.                                                             
               The examiner has entered two rejections.                               
                                         I.                                           
               Claims 1-16 have been rejected as being unpatentable                   
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Michaelson, U.S. Patent 3,755,147                
          (1973).                                                                     
               Upon consideration of the brief on appeal and the                      
          examiner's answer, it is                                                    
                    ORDERED that the rejection is reversed essentially                
          for the reasons given in Section A and Section B, Parts 1 and               
          2 of our opinion in Ex parte Chang, Appeal 96-0460 (Bd. Pat.                
          App. & Int. Feb. 3, 1999) (Paper 22) (copy attached).                       
                                         II.                                          
               Claims 1-16 have been rejected for obviousness type                    
          double patenting in view of the claims in the application                   
          involved in Appeal 96-0460.                                                 
               The rejection is vacated and the application is remanded               
          to the examiner for further proceedings.                                    



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