Ex parte CLOSE et al. - Page 6

               Appeal No. 1996-3095                                                                                               
               Application 08/346,311                                                                                             


               reference are such that the claimed subject matter as a whole would not have been obvious within the               

               meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103.  Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 4 on appeal.            







                                                        CONCLUSION                                                                

                      The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 to 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                     

                                                          REVERSED                                                                





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