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          Appeal No. 2001-0659                                                        
          Application 08/935,368                                                      

               Because we find that Mori does not disclose the limitations            
          of a plugging material forming an air-tight cavity and the                  
          membrane acts against the air-cushion effect of the air-tight               
          cavity, the anticipation rejection of claim 1 is reversed.  The             
          rejection of claims 2 and 3, which depend from claim 1, are also            
          reversed.                                                                   
                                      REVERSED                                        






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