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                  Appeal No. 1998-2504                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/664,279                                                                                                              


                  suggested by the applied prior art, we will not sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of                                                
                  independent claim 1 and of dependent claims 2-9.  Independent claims 10, 22, 31, and 38                                                 
                  contain similar limitations as discussed above, therefore we cannot sustain the rejection                                               
                  thereof nor the rejection of their dependent claims 11-21,23-28, 33-37, and 39-44.                                                      
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              

                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-28, 31 and 33-44                                                 
                  under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                      
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




                                             KENNETH W. HAIRSTON                                   )                                                      
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