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          Appeal No. 1996-2571                                                        
          Application 08/119,058                                                      


          § 103 as unpatentable over Lin in view of Uemura.  We vacate                
          the rejection of claims 1 through 4, 10 through 12, 21 and 23               
          through 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Tuma in               
          view of Scheuffgen, and remand this application to the                      
          examiner for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.              
               This application, by virtue of its “special” status,                   
          requires an immediate action.  MPEP § 708.01(d)(7th Ed., July               
          1998).                                                                      
                                REVERSED and REMANDED                                 
                                                                                     



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