Ex Parte Clements et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2002-2017                                                        
          Application No. 09/567,457                                                  


          reading of exemplary claims 1 and 6, respective copies of which             
          appear in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 13).                    


               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          document specified below:                                                   


          Kincaid et al.           5,954,353                Sep. 21, 1999             
          (Kincaid)                                                                   



               The following rejection is before us for review.                       


               Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as             
          being unpatentable over Kincaid.                                            


               The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper           
          No. 15), while the complete statement of appellants' argument can           
          be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 16).               







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