Ex Parte Kuhlmann et al - Page 8

              Appeal  2006-2186                                                                     
              Application 09/991,640                                                                
                                          CONCLUSION                                                
                    In summary, we sustain the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in so             
              far as it is applied to claims 1-4 and 10-17, but we do not sustain the               
              rejection as applied against claims 5-9.  Accordingly, the decision of the            
              Examiner is affirmed-in-part.                                                         

                                       AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                             










              C. IRVIN MCCLELLAND                                                                   
              OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C.                                     
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              ALEXANDRIA, VA  22314                                                                 

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