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          Appeal No. 2006-0026                                                                        
          Application No. 10/012,518                                                                  

          independent claim 1, and dependent claims 3 and 5, as being                                 
          unpatentable over Bellamy in view of Schmidt and the admitted prior                         
          art.                                                                                        






                                       SUMMARY                                                        
               The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 3 and 5 under                         
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed, and a new rejection of these claims                         
          under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is entered pursuant to 37                          
          CFR § 41.50(b) with a recommendation under 37 CFR § 41.50(c) as to                          
          how the new rejection can be overcome.                                                      
               This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant to                           
          37 CFR § 41.50(b) (effective September 13, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 49960                         
          (August 12, 2004), 1286 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 21 (September 7,                              
          2004)).  37 CFR § 41.50(b) provides "[a] new ground of rejection                            
          pursuant to this paragraph shall not be considered final for                                
          judicial review."                                                                           


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