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          Appeal No. 2002-1308                                                        
          Application No. 09/161,787                                                  

          independent claims 16 and 20 are systems which correspond to the            
          method steps of claims 1 and 10, we cannot sustain the                      
          obviousness rejection of claims 16, 20, and their dependents,               
          claims 17 through 19.                                                       

                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 20             
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                          
                                      REVERSED                                        


                         JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO            )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         ANITA PELLMAN GROSS           )     APPEALS                  
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                         HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP         )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              

          APG/vsh                                                                     


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