Ex Parte KEKIC et al - Page 9




                  Appeal No. 2001-0999                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/972,220                                                                                                              

                  shown neither a teaching nor a suggestion of all the claimed elements.  Therefore, we                                                   
                  cannot sustain the rejection of dependent claims 4-24.                                                                                  
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-26 under 35                                                      
                  U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103 is reversed.                                                                                                      


                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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