Ex parte MILLER et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 2000-1914                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/718,643                                                                                                             


                 Deyoreo et al                                5,301,458                                             Apr. 12,                            
                 1994                                                                                                                                   
                 (Deyoreo)                                                                                                                              
                 Bible                                        5,329,725                                             Jul. 19,                            
                 1994                                                                                                                                   
                 Butler et al                                 5,417,009                                             May  23,                            
                 1995                                                                                                                                   
                 (Butler)                                                                                                                               


                          The following rejections are before us for review.2                                                                           


                          Claims 1 through 7, 11 through 16, 19, 21, 22, 27, 31,                                                                        
                 32, 34 through 36, 40, 48, 49,  and 55 through 57 stand3                                                                                
                 rejected under   35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over                                                                         
                 Deyoreo.                                                                                                                               







                          2A final rejection of claims 50, 51, and 53 under 35                                                                          
                 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, was overcome, as set forth in                                                                          
                 the advisory action of March 4, 1999 (Paper No. 18).                                                                                   
                          3Claim 49 has been added to the statement of the                                                                              
                 rejection, since in the body of the rejection on page 2 of the                                                                         
                 final rejection (Paper no. 11) claim 49 is specified.                                                                                  
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