Ex Parte Petherbridge - Page 4




                    Appeal No. 2002-1423                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/531,839                                                                                                                            


                    signal to supply line 48.  Accordingly, Church does not                                                                                               
                    anticipate appellant's claim 1.  We have carefully reviewed the                                                                                       
                    other references cited but find therein no disclosure that would                                                                                      
                    ameliorate the shortcomings of Church and render the claimed                                                                                          
                    subject matter prima facie obvious.                                                                                                                   
                              The rejections on appeal are reversed.                                                                                                      


                                                                      REVERSED                                                                                            



                                                  IRWIN CHARLES COHEN                                        )                                                            
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                                                  WILLIAM F. PATE, III                                       )     APPEALS                                                
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