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                Appeal No. 2001-0344                                                                                                           
                Application 08/900,254                                                                                                         

                showing is what the combined teachings, knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art,                                         
                and the nature of the problem to be solved as a whole would have suggested to those                                            
                of ordinary skill in the art Keller, 642 F.2d at 425, 208 USPQ at 881.                                                         
                         The Examiner has provided particular findings on this point. See In re                                                
                Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999, 50 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1614, 1617 (Fed. Cir. 1999).                                                 
                The Appellant has offered no reasons why this would not be so.                                                                 
                         The examiner's decision, rejecting claims 1 through 4, is affirmed.                                                   
                         No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal                                        
                may be extended under 37 CFR                                                                                                   
                § 1.136(a).                                                                                                                    

                                                                AFFIRMED                                                                       
                                                           37 C.F.R. § 196(b)                                                                  



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