Ex parte GALLAGHER - Page 16




          Appeal No. 2000-0909                                                        
          Application No. 08/784,752                                                  


          the carrier path length by equal and opposite amounts before                
          and after passing through the transfer station.  Accordingly,               
          we cannot sustain the examiner's rejection of appealed claims               
          8 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                             
                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject                   
          claims 27 through 34 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph,               
          is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1,               
          2, 4, 5, 7, 9 through 11, 15 through 19, 27 through 29, 31, 32              
          and 34                                                                      




          under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed; the decision of the                   
          examiner to reject claim 33 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is                     
          affirmed; and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 8               
          and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                   









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