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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT P. BUTLER, JR.
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Appeal No. 97-2967
Application 07/908,9671
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HEARD: JANUARY 15, 1998
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Before McQUADE, NASE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
This decision is in response to appellant’s request for reconsideration of our decision mailed 2
February 20, 1998, wherein the examiner’s rejection of claims 23, 24, 26, 27 and 43-47 under 35
1Application for patent filed July 6, 1992. According to applicant, this application is a
continuation-in-part of Application 07/406,723, filed September 13, 1989.
2Effective 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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