Ex Parte GLOOR et al - Page 9

                  Appeal No. 2003-1654                                                                                        Page 9                      
                  Application No. 09/439,310                                                                                                              


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. §§                                                
                  101 and 112, second paragraph, and claims 1, 2 and 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is                                                        
                  reversed and the application is remanded to the examiner to address the above-                                                          
                  mentioned issue.                                                                                                                        
                                                        REVERSED AND REMANDED                                                                             





                                             CHARLES E. FRANKFORT                                  )                                                      
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