Appeal No. 1999-0317 Page 2
Application No. 08/312,487
This is in response to the appellants' request for
rehearing of our decision mailed June 9, 1999, wherein we3,4
affirmed the examiner's rejection of claims 1 to 6, 11, 24 to
26, 30-35 and 38-43 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Bonora; affirmed the examiner's rejection of
claims 7 to 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Bonora; affirmed the examiner's rejection of claim 37 under 35
U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph; affirmed the examiner's rejection
of claims 30 to 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph; and
reversed the examiner's rejection of claims 40 to 43 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Akins.
The appellants' request for rehearing (p. 1) states that
"the Board erred in affirming the rejection of claims 1-11, 24-
3Filed July 12, 1999.
4Effective Dec. 1, 1997, 37 CFR § 1.197(b) was amended to
change the term "reconsideration" to "rehearing." See the
final rule notice published at 62 Fed. Reg. 53131, 53197 (Oct.
10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21,
1997)).
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