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                  Appeal No. 2000-0950                                                                                        Page 8                      
                  Application No. 08/925,247                                                                                                              


                  at the time the invention was made to a person of ordinary skill in the art from the                                                    
                  combined  teachings of Ashrafi and Sakai.                                                                                               


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 1 under 35 U.S.C.                                                   
                  § 102(e) is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 2 and 3 under                                                    
                  35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                            
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              







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