Appeal No. 1999-2092 Page 22
Application No. 08/798,718
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 42 to 44, 46, 48 and 50 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is
affirmed; the decision of the examiner to reject claim 45 is
reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 47 and
49 is affirmed; and the decision of the examiner to reject
claim 51 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. In addition, the application has
been remanded to the examiner for further consideration of
claims 45 and 51.
This application, by virtue of its "special" status,
requires immediate action, see MPEP § 708.01 (Seventh Edition,
July 1998).
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