Ex parte DYE et al. - Page 12




          Appeal No. 1998-2257                                                        
          Application 08/692,310                                                      


                                      DECISION                                        
               The rejection of claims 32 and 37-39 under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 112, second paragraph, and the rejections under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 103 of claims 32 and 37-39 over Rieke in view of Dye ‘180 or              
          the Dye article, further in view of Kilner and Nakajima,                    
          claims 32 and 37 over Ballas in view of Nakajima, claims 32                 
          and 38 over Sinfelt in view of Nakajima, claims 32 and 39 over              
          Goretta in view of Nakajima, claims 32 and 37-39 over                       
          Bogdanovic in view of Sedlak and Nakajima, claims 32 and 37-39              
          over Bushy in view of Nakajima, and claims 32 and 37-39 over                
          McCormick in view of Nakajima, are reversed.                                
                                      REVERSED                                        









                         TERRY J. OWENS                     )                         
                         Administrative Patent Judge )                                
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                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         CATHERINE TIMM                     )                         

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