Ex Parte HUGHES - Page 5



           Appeal No. 2001-0837                                                                      
           Application No. 09/131,177                                                                

           arrangement of the yokes that ranges from parallel to                                     
           perpendicular (claims 1 through 3, 5 through 11 and 13 through                            
           19).  Thus, the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 3, 5                            
           through 11 and 13 through 19 is reversed.                                                 
                                             DECISION                                                
                 The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 3,                          
           5 through 11 and 13 through 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is                                
           reversed.                                                                                 

                                             REVERSED                                                



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                       HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP        )                                                
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