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          Appeal No. 98-2414                                                          
          Application 08/507,339                                                      



                    The prior art references of record relied upon by                 
          the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                          
          Faulkner               609,907               Oct.  8, 1948                  
          (British specification)                                                     
          Saunders               WO 91/09784           July 11, 1991                  
          (PCT)                                                                       


                    Claims 12 through 16 and 25 through 27 stand                      
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                   
          Saunders in view of Faulkner.                                               


                    Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement               
          of the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints                 
          advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the                        
          rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper                
          No. 18, mailed January 9, 1998) for the examiner's reasoning                
          in support of the rejection, and to appellant's brief (Paper                
          No. 17, filed  December 15, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No.                
          19, filed   February 28, 1998) for appellant's arguments                    
          thereagainst.                                                               



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