Ex Parte THORNTON - Page 8

          Appeal No. 2000-1998                                       Page 8           
          Application No. 08/828,523                                                  

          claim 28.6  Accordingly, we shall not sustain the examiner’s                
          obviousness rejection of claims 28-34, 36-38, 45 and 47.                    
                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims            
          28-34, 36-38, 45 and 47 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                  
                                      REVERSED                                        




                         FRED E. McKELVEY              )                              
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               6 Consequently, it is not necessary for us to discuss appellant’s      
          declaration under 37 CFR § 1.131 in this decision.                          





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