Ex parte AYOUB et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 1999-0085                                                        
          Application No. 08/427,514                                                  


          35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the teachings of Connor                
          taken alone.  Claims 6 and 12 respectively depend from claims               
          4 and 9.  Since the examiner’s rejection of claims 6 and 12                 
          does not address the deficiencies of Connor noted above, we do              
          not sustain the examiner’s rejection of these claims.                       
          In summary, we have not sustained either of the                             
          examiner’s rejections of the appealed claims.  Therefore, the               
          decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 4-7 and 9-14 is                
          reversed.                                                                   
          REVERSED                                                                    




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