Ex parte SMITH et al. - Page 18




          Appeal No. 1999-0348                                      Page 18           
          Application No. 08/663,471                                                  


          Claims 13 and 20 to 26                                                      
               Claim 13 depends from claim 12 and claims 20 to 26 depend              
          from claim 19.  The decision of the examiner to reject claims               
          13 and 20 to 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed for the                   
          reasons set forth above with respect to claims 12 and 19.                   


                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject                   
          claims 1, 5 to 7, 10, 11 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is                 
          affirmed; the decision of the examiner to reject claim 14                   
          under 35 U.S.C.                                                             
          § 102(b) is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject                
          claims 3, 4, 8, 9, 28 and 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                       
          affirmed; and the decision of the examiner to reject claims                 
          12, 13, 15 to 26 is reversed.                                               

















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