Ex parte POHLE - Page 7




          Appeal No. 98-0609                                                          
          Application 08/490,203                                                      


          continuously changes non-repetitively for uniquely identifying              
          position at substantially every point along the length of the               
          member to facilitate untangling of the member.                              


               In summary, this panel of the board has:                               


               reversed the rejection of claims 1, 2, 5 through 8, and                
          10  under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Finley;                
               reversed the rejection of claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103                
          as being unpatentable over Finley in view of Pond;                          
               reversed the rejection of claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103                
          as being unpatentable over Finley in view of Wilbourn; and                  


               reversed the rejection of claims 11 through 16 under                   
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Finley in view of                
          Dolan.                                                                      


               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              


                                      REVERSED                                        


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