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                  Appeal No. 2003-0242                                                                                        Page 8                      
                  Application No. 09/484,604                                                                                                              


                  art suggested the desirability of the modification.  See In re Gordon, 773 F.2d 900, 902,                                               
                  221 USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984).                                                                                                   


                           For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1                                               
                  to 32 and 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                         


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 21 to 32 under                                                     
                  35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is reversed and the decision of the examiner to                                                      
                  reject claims 1 to 32 and 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                         
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              





                                             IRWIN CHARLES COHEN                                   )                                                      
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