Ex parte HALL et al. - Page 12




          Appeal No. 1998-1426                                                        
          Application No. 08/315,350                                                  


                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject                   
          claims 1 through 5, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 30 and 33 through               
          35 under                                                                    
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.  In addition, we remand this                
          application to the examiner to consider a new ground of                     
          rejection of appealed claim 33.                                             
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                                REVERSED and REMANDED                                 




                         NEAL E. ABRAMS                )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
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                         JOHN F. GONZALES              )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              

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