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                  Appeal No. 2000-0369                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/477,770                                                                                                              

                  rejection of claim 1 and its dependent claims 2 and 3.  Similarly, we will not sustain the                                              
                  rejection of independent claim 4 and its dependent claims 5 and 6.                                                                      
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              

                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-6 under 35 U.S.C. §                                              
                  103 is reversed.                                                                                                                        
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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                  FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW                                                                                                            
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