Ex parte JONES et al. - Page 7

          Appeal No. 1996-3083                                                        
          Application 08/139,692                                                      



          suggestions to the artisan within 35 U.S.C. § 103.  This, the               
          examiner has failed to do.                                                  
               In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner                 
          rejecting independent claims 9 and 14 and their respective                  
          dependent claims alternatively under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103               
          is reversed since we do not sustain either rejection.                       
                                      REVERSED                                        







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