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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007