Ex parte SICKING et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 98-1461                                        Page 10           
          Application No. 08/335,153                                                  


          suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art the claimed                   
          "cutting means."                                                            


               Since all the limitations of the appealed claims are not               
          suggested by the applied prior art for the reasons set forth                
          above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 17, 19                 
          through 22, 25 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                    































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