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                   Appeal No. 2006-1550                                                                                           
                   Application No. 10/044,401                                                                                     

                   art the invention as set forth in claims 2, 4, 5, 10 and 14.  Accordingly, we will sustain the                 
                   Examiner’s rejection of claims 2, 4, 5, 10 and 14.                                                             
                                                            CONCLUSION                                                            
                          In view of the foregoing discussion, we have sustained the Examiner’s decision                          
                   rejecting claims 1, 3, 6-8 and 11-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102.  We have also sustained the                        
                   Examiner’s decision rejecting claims 2, 4, 5, 10, 14, 16 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                         
                   Therefore, we affirm.                                                                                          
                          No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal                          
                   may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a)(1)(iv).                                                             
                                                             AFFIRMED                                                             





                                          KENNETH W. HAIRSTON )                                                                   
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                   JRH/rwk                                                                                                        

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