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                    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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                        

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                     Ex parte RALPH E. SIPPLE, MICHAEL J. HILL                        
                                and DENNIS R. KONRAD                                  
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1996-3701                                  
                               Application 08/076,5871                                
                                  ________________                                    
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                  ________________                                    
          Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and LALL, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                 


          Appellants request that we rehear that portion of our                       
          decision of September 17, 1999 wherein we sustained the rejection           
          of claim 13 as unpatentable over APA under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                 


               1  Application for patent filed June 14, 1993.                         
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