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          Appeal No. 2004-0717                                                               
          Application No. 10/099,605                                      Page 13            

                We next turn to the rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-20 under                   
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Goldberg in view of                  
          Kobayashi and further in view of Pearson.  We affirm the                           
          rejection of claims 1-3, 5-18 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a),                     
          because we find the teachings of Kobayashi and Pearson to be                       
          cumulative to the teachings of Goldberg.                                           

                                         CONCLUSION                                          
                Claims 1-3 and 5-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is affirmed.                    






















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