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                    Appeal No. 2004-0946                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/965,150                                                                                                                            

                    that claim under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).  It follows that the                                                                                             
                    examiner's rejection of dependent claims 11 through 13 under                                                                                          
                    35 U.S.C. § 103(a) on the basis of Gellmann and Holbrook will                                                                                         
                    likewise not be sustained.                                                                                                                            

                    Accordingly, the decision of the examiner to reject claims                                                                                            
                    10 through 13 of the present application under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)                                                                                     
                    is reversed.                                                                                                                                          

                                                                             REVERSED                                                                                     


                                                  CHARLES E. FRANKFORT                                       )                                                            
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