Ex parte STEININGER et al. - Page 4

                 Appeal No. 96-1936                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/274,695                                                                                                             


                 invention and cannot be ignored as mere introductory language.  In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d                                                 

                 1475, 1479, 31 USPQ 1671, 1673 ( Fed. Cir. 1994).                                                                                      
                          The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                                                     
                                                                   REVERSED                                                                             






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