Ex parte ETTER et al. - Page 6

                  Appeal No. 1999-0709                                                                                         Page 6                     
                  Application No. 08/400,335                                                                                                              


                           Accordingly, we shall not sustain the examiner's rejection of independent claims 15, 22                                        
                  and 23, or claims 16-21 which depend from claim 15.                                                                                     


                                                                   CONCLUSION                                                                             
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 15-23 under 35 U.S.C.                                              
                  § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                                      
                                                                     REVERSED                                                                             






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