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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte GERD SAUER _____________ Appeal No. 1996-2388 Application No. 08/147,485 ______________ HEARD: JUNE 10, 1999 _______________ Before URYNOWICZ, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellant requests that we reconsider our decision of March 8, 2000 wherein we sustained the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. In our previous decision, we determined that the Examiner had established a prima facie case of obviousness based on 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007