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                Appeal No.  2002-1361                                                 Page 6                  
                Application No. 09/476,822                                                                    

                                               CONCLUSION                                                     
                      The rejection of claims 8-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as                 
                being based on a disclosure that is not enabling, is reversed.  The rejection of              
                claims 8-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for                  
                failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter that                
                applicant regards as the invention, is also reversed.  The application is being               
                returned to the examiner for further proceedings not inconsistent with this                   
                opinion.                                                                                      
                                                 REVERSED                                                     





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