Ex parte BASU et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1997-3529                                       Page 8           
          Application No. 08/463,939                                                  

                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 3, 5, 7,              
          8, 10 and 12-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or,              
          in the alternative, under § 103 as being unpatentable over                  
          Gro$ (German Patent No. 654,470) and to reject claims 1, 3, 5,              
          7, 8, 10 and 12-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable              
          over Norton in view of Neely and Brown is reversed.                         


                                      REVERSED                                        




                         EDWARD C. KIMLIN              )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         CHUNG K. PAK                  )     APPEALS                  
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
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                         PETER F. KRATZ                )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              

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