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                  Appeal No. 2002-1677                                                                                      Page 10                       
                  Application No. 08/944,817                                                                                                              


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 11 under                                                      
                  35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject                                                  
                  claims 1 to 3, 6 to 9 and 14 to 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed; and the                                                        
                  decision of the examiner to reject claims 4, 5, 10 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                                                      
                  reversed.  In addition, the application has been remanded to the examiner for further                                                   
                  consideration.                                                                                                                          
                                                           REVERSED; REMANDED                                                                             





                                             IRWIN CHARLES COHEN                                   )                                                      
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                                             LAWRENCE J. STAAB                                     )         APPEALS                                      
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                                             JEFFREY V. NASE                                       )                                                      
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