Ex Parte Coulton - Page 6



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                  Appeal No. 2004-1298                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 09/875,074                                                                                                              

                  matter recited in parent claims 1 and 7, we also shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.                                               
                  § 103(a) rejection of dependent claims 3 through 6 and 9 through 12 as being                                                            
                  unpatentable over Coulton ‘521 in view of Brodeur and Rothberg or the standing 35                                                       
                  U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of dependent claims 13 through 19 as being unpatentable                                                       
                  over Coulton ‘521 in view of Brodeur and the admitted prior art.                                                                        
                                                                    SUMMARY                                                                               
                           The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 22 is reversed.                                                        

                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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