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          Appeal No. 2002-1670                                                        
          Application 08/768,787                                                      


               Accordingly, since we are of the opinion that the prior art                                                                     
          applied by the Examiner does not support the obviousness                    
          rejection, we do not sustain the rejection of independent claims            
          1, 15, 32, and 35, nor of claims 2-4, 8-14, 16, 17, 20-28, 33,              
          34, and 36-39 dependent thereon.  Therefore, the decision of the            
          Examiner rejecting claims 1-4, 8-17, 20-28, and 32-39 under                 
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.                                             
                                     REVERSED                                         
                                                                                     





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