Ex Parte BELANGER et al - Page 7




          Appeal No. 2002-0956                                                        
          Application 09/182,366                                                      


          subject matter recited in parent claim 1, we also shall not                 
          sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of dependent              
          claim 8 as being unpatentable over Spengler in view of Mattison,            
          the British reference, the German reference and Heynhold.                   
                                      SUMMARY                                         
               The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 4, 6           
          through 12, 14 and 15 is reversed.                                          
                                      REVERSED                                        





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          JPM/kis                                                                     

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