Ex Parte WULFERT et al - Page 1



          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             
          Board.                                                                      
                                                            Paper No. 19              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte HEINRICH WULFERT and RICHARD A. BEHR                     
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2001-1845                                  
                               Application 09/093,454                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

               ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                               

               This is in response to appellants’ request for rehearing of            
          our decision mailed March 28, 2002, wherein we affirmed the                 
          examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 13 and 16             
          through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by                 
          Pracht (U.S. Patent No. 4,506,482) and the rejection of claim 19            

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