Ex Parte MAKOWSKI et al - Page 15

                      Appeal No.  2002-0796                                                                             Page 15                           
                      Application No. 09/110,994                                                                                                          



                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                               The examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-5, 10-13 and 16-18 under                                                        
                      35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combination of Petrenko, Ivanenkov and Sparks is                                                        
                      affirmed.  But because the examiner failed to set forth a prima facie case of                                                       
                      obviousness with respect to the remaining claims, claims 3, 6-9, 14 and 15, the                                                     
                      rejection as to those claims is reversed.                                                                                           


                                               AFFIRMED-IN-PART; REVERSED-IN-PART                                                                         


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