Paper No. 34 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte PAUL D. CASE and ALAN G. STEPHENSON ______________ Appeal No. 97-0292 Application 07/814,7791 _______________ HEARD: December 11, 1997 _______________ Before COHEN, MEISTER and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING The appellants request we reconsider our decision mailed on December 31, 1997, wherein we affirmed the examiner’s rejections of (1) claims 1, 4-6, 8, 12-23, 26 and 29-31 as Application for patent filed December 30, 1991. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/541,861, filed June 21, 1990, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007