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                  Appeal No. 1997-3843                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/221,030                                                                                                              


                  remedy the above noted deficiency.  Therefore, we cannot sustain the examiner rejection                                                 
                  of claims 3-6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                                                    


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              

                  To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, and 7-12 under                                                        
                  35 U.S.C. § 102 is reversed, and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 3-6 under                                                
                  35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                            
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




                                             JERRY SMITH                                           )                                                      
                                             Administrative Patent Judge                           )                                                      
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                                             LEE E. BARRETT                                        )     APPEALS AND                                      
                                             Administrative Patent Judge                           )  INTERFERENCES                                       
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                                             JOSEPH L. DIXON                                       )                                                      
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