Appeal No. 1997-1620 Page 2 Application No. 08/409,959 affirmed the examiner's rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and reversed the examiner's rejection of claims 9 to 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We have carefully considered the argument raised by the appellants in their request for rehearing, however, that argument does not persuade us that our decision was in error in any respect. The argument (pp. 2-3) raised by the appellants is that it is technically impossible to use a biaxially oriented film of Janocha in a deep draw operation, since a biaxially oriented film would inevitably shrink in such a deep draw operation. We continue to find this argument unpersuasive for the reasons set forth on page 8 of our earlier decision. That is, while the evidence establishes that it was not technically 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007