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                Appeal No. 2002-2300                                                                                 Page 5                    
                Application No. 09/186,212                                                                                                     


                         We therefore will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 1, as well as the like                                    
                rejection of claims 2, 7, 8, 13 and 14, which the appellant has chosen to group with                                           
                claim 1 (Supplemental Brief, page 3).                                                                                          
                                                              CONCLUSION                                                                       
                         The rejection of claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 13 and 14 as being anticipated by Strom is                                        
                sustained.                                                                                                                     
                         The decision of the examiner is affirmed.                                                                             
                         No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal                                        
                may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).                                                                                       
                                                                AFFIRMED                                                                       





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