Ex Parte SMITH et al - Page 7




                  Appeal No. 2004-0334                                                                                        Page 7                      
                  Application No. 08/853,608                                                                                                              


                  which makes up for the deficiencies of Porter discussed above regarding claim 6.                                                        
                  Accordingly, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C.                                                    
                  § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                                      


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 10 and 13 to 15                                               
                  under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject claims                                                  
                  11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                            
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              





                                             LAWRENCE J. STAAB                                     )                                                      
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