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                Appeal No. 1997-1281                                                                                                          
                Application No. 08/317,830                                                                                                    


                                                               PRIOR ART                                                                      
                         In support of his rejections, the examiner relies on the                                                             
                following prior art references:                                                                                               
                Loder                                             2,870,058                Jan. 20, 1959                                      
                Albert                                            3,892,905                Jul.  1, 1975                                      
                Hodakowski et al. (Hodak ‘226)  5,080,226                                  Jan. 14, 1992                                      
                                                                           (Filed Jul. 18, 1990)                                              
                Hodakowski et al. (Hodak ‘152)  5,139,152                                  Aug. 18, 1992                                      
                                                                                   (Filed Jul. 18, 1990)                                      
                Edwards et al. (Edwards ‘242)   5,429,242                                  Jul.  4, 1995                                      
                                                                                   (Filed Jul. 18, 1990)                                      
                Kaufmann et al. (Kaufmann)   EP 0 234 867 A2       Sep.  2, 1987                                                              
                (Published European Patent Application)                                                                                       
                Hobbs                                     EP 0 317 260 A2       May  24, 1989                                                 
                (Published European Patent Application)                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                             
                Taruzaki      1                                   55-4336                           Jan. 12, 1980                             
                (Published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)                                                                                 
                Edwards et al. (Edwards ‘587) WO 89/12587                                  Dec. 28, 1989                                      
                (Published World Intell. Prop. Org. Application)                                                                              
                                                               REJECTION                                                                      
                         The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:2                                                                      

                         1Our reference to the published Japanese application is to                                                           













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