Ex Parte SWIFT et al - Page 7



         Appeal No. 2004-0505                                                       
         Application No. 09/338,812                                                 

         Examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness with        
         respect to the claims on appeal.  Accordingly, we do not sustain           
         the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of appealed independent        
         claims 1, 7, and 13, nor of claims 3-6, 9-12, and 15-24 dependent          
         thereon.  Therefore, the Examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1,           
         3-7, 9-13, and 15-24 is reversed.                                          
                                  REVERSED                                          




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         JFR/lp                                                                     

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