Ex Parte HALLADAY et al - Page 6

                  Appeal No. 2002-1576                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 09/426,516                                                                                                              


                  not established a prima facie case of anticipation of the invention claimed in                                                          
                  independent claims 11 and 17, we cannot sustain the rejection of independent claims                                                     
                  11 and 17 and their dependent claims 13-16, 20 and 22-25.                                                                               
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 11, 13-17, 20 and                                                  
                  22-25 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is reversed.                                                                                                
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              





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