Ex parte MACLEOD - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-1794                                                        
          Application 08/738,467                                                      

               Moon et al. (Moon)            4,712,146     December 8,                
          1987                                                                        
               Hajec                         4,734,606       March 29,                
          1988                                                                        
               Rabe                               4,763,053       August              
          9, 1988                                                                     
               Shirotori                          4,818,907        April              
          4, 1989                                                                     
               Petersen                      4,949,000      August 14,                
          1990                                                                        
               Claims 20-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second              
          paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and distinctly              
          claim the subject matter which applicant regards as his                     
          invention.                                                                  
               The prior art rejections do not address the patentability              
          of claims 28, 29, 34, and 38 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 or 103.                 
          This appears to be a result of carelessness, since the                      
          Examiner has not indicated that the claims are objected to.                 
          We place these claims in the rejection with the claims from                 
          which they depend.                                                          











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