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          Appeal No. 2001-1398                                                        
          Application 09/289,171                                                      





                                      SUMMARY                                         
               The decision of the examiner:                                          
               a) to reject claim 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                    
          paragraph, is reversed; and                                                 
               b) to reject claims 1 through 3, 5, 8 through 10 and 21                
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shanahan in             
          view of Miyata is affirmed.                                                 
                                      AFFIRMED                                        






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