Ex parte BRIDGES - Page 1




                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        

                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was                                                            
                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                   
                          binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                Paper No. 30                            

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                      Ex parte JOHN A. BRIDGES                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-4166                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/478,6471                                                                         
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                                                                 ON REHEARING                                                                           
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                 Before CALVERT, MEISTER and GARRIS, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                      ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                                          
                          The appellant requests we reconsider our decision mailed                                                                      
                 on September 16, 1998 wherein we (I) affirmed the rejection of                                                                         
                 claims 86, 88, 89, 95, 97 and 99 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995.  According to                                                                     
                 appellant, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                           
                 No. 07/980,113 filed November 23, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                            
                 5,465,891 issued November 14, 1995; which is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application No. 07/704,024 filed May 22, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                          





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