Ex parte HEITFELD et al. - Page 12


                 Appeal No.  1999-1276                                                      Page 12                    
                 Application No.  08/318,574                                                                           

                        Accordingly, the rejection of claims 3-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                     
                 unpatentable over the combination of Johnson in view of each of Heath, Bittner,                       
                 Clements '210 and Clements '566, as applied to claims 1, 8, 10-12, 15 and 19-27,                      
                 and further in view of Wiersema is also reversed.                                                     

                                                        REVERSED                                                       



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