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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28              


                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte PETER VAN DE WITTE,                            
                              JOHANNES A.M.M. VAN HAAREN,                             
                                  RIFAT A.M. HIKMET,                                  
                                         and                                          
                                    DIRK J. BROER                                     
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0122                                 
                              Application No. 08/857,756                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before GARRIS, OWENS, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                              ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                
               This is in response to a request, filed August 12, 2003, for           
          rehearing of our decision, mailed June 26, 2003, wherein we                 
          affirmed the examiner’s Section 103 rejections of all appealed              
          claims.                                                                     
               As correctly indicated in the request, in our above noted              
          decision, we affirmed the examiner’s rejection based on each of             
          the two claim interpretations discussed in the answer.                      







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