Ex parte KRAL - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1998-3232                                       Page 4           
          Application No. 08/738,920                                                  


          Durand et al. (Durand)             4,342,853           Aug. 03,             
          1982                                                                        
               Claims 2, 4-17, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Durand in view of                          
          Kleintjens.                                                                 
                                       OPINION                                        
               The subject matter on appeal herein generally corresponds              
          to the subject matter previously considered by another panel                
          of the                                                                      





          Board in Appeal No. 95-1272.  In Appeal No. 95-1272, the Board              
          affirmed the examiner's decision rejecting the appealed claims              
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over a combination of the same prior art              
          references relied on in this appeal.2                                       
               As pointed out by appellant (brief, page 2), claim 19,                 
          which was added in a preliminary amendment in the present                   
          continuing application, now includes claim language regarding               


               2See Paper No. 34 of parent application No. 07/785,172.                







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