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                  Appeal No. 2004-0209                                                                                        Page 5                      
                  Application No. 09/120,778                                                                                                              


                           Independent claim 27 recites the same limitations regarding spaced lines of                                                    
                  bearing contact, and therefore we also will not sustain the rejection of this claim as                                                  
                  being anticipated by Bettcher.                                                                                                          
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           The rejection is not sustained.                                                                                                
                           The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                                                      





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