Ex Parte Strobel et al - Page 7




                 Appeal No. 2002-1265                                                                                   Page 7                     
                 Application No. 09/558,575                                                                                                        


                 the examiner determines that any of claims 30 to 32 are not anticipated by Arnold, then                                           
                 the examiner should explictly state how those claims define over Arnold.                                                          


                                                               CONCLUSION                                                                          
                         To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 30 to 32 under                                                
                 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed.  In addition, we have remanded the application to the                                             
                 examiner for further consideration.                                                                                               
                                                      REVERSED and REMANDED                                                                        





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