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            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17             
                                                                                    
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _____________                                     
                              Ex parte DAVID G. FOSTER                               
                                Appeal No. 1999-2526                                 
                               Application 08/795,885                                
                                  ______________                                     
                              ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                               
                                  _______________                                    
          Before, GARRIS, WALTZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                    
          PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

              Pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.197(b) (amended               
          December 1, 1997), appellant have submitted a Request for                  
          Reconsideration (hereinafter, “Request”)1 of our decision dated            
          March 21, 2002, affirming the rejection of claims 1 to 20 under            
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Craver in view of Kuse                
          (decision page 3).                                                         


                                                                                    
          1 A Request for Reconsideration is now denominated as a Request for Rehearing.
          See 37 CFR § 1.197(b) (amended effective December 1, 1997), by final rule  
          notice, 62 Fed. Register 53, 131, 53, 197, (October 10, 1997), 1203 Official




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