Ex Parte NOBLE et al - Page 19

                    Appeal No. 2001-2688                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 08/735,619                                                                                                                            


                    and 59.  We will thereby sustain the Examiner's rejection of                                                                                          
                    claims 56 through 63 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                                                                                      
                    over Clanton in view of Grossman and Williams.                                                                                                        
                              In conclusion, we sustain the rejection of claims 24 through                                                                                
                    37 and 56 through 63.  We cannot sustain the rejection of claims                                                                                      
                    1 through 23 and 38 through 55.                                                                                                                       
                              No time period for taking any subsequent action in                                                                                          
                    connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                                                                                              
                    § 1.136(a).                                                                                                                                           
                                                                      AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                                                                    



                                                  MICHAEL R. FLEMING                                         )                                                            
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