Ex parte ESTEP et al. - Page 11




          Appeal No. 2000-0965                                                        
          Application No. 08/927,465                                                  


               Accordingly, since we are of the opinion that the prior                
          art applied by the Examiner does not support the obviousness                
          rejection, we do not sustain the rejection of independent                   
          claim 1, nor of claims 4-11 and 17 dependent thereon.                       
          Therefore, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1, 4-              
          11, and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                               
                                                                                     
                                      REVERSED                                        




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