Ex parte THOEREN et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-1620                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/409,959                                                  




          affirmed the examiner's rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and            
          21 under                                                                    
          35 U.S.C. § 103 and reversed the examiner's rejection of claims             
          9 to 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                              


               We have carefully considered the argument raised by the                
          appellants in their request for rehearing, however, that                    
          argument does not persuade us that our decision was in error in             
          any respect.                                                                


               The argument (pp. 2-3) raised by the appellants is that                
          it is technically impossible to use a biaxially oriented film of            
          Janocha in a deep draw operation, since a biaxially oriented                
          film would inevitably shrink in such a deep draw operation.                 


               We continue to find this argument unpersuasive for the                 
          reasons set forth on page 8 of our earlier decision.  That is,              
          while the evidence establishes that it was not technically                  

          10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21,                     
          1997)).                                                                     







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