The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte FRANCOIS CLEMENCE, JEAN-LUC HAESSLEIN and CLAUDE OBERLANDER ________________ Appeal No. 1997-2355 Application 08/228,300 ________________ HEARD: JULY 12, 2000 ________________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellants request reconsideration of our decision mailed on September 22, 2000 wherein we affirmed the rejections of claims 2, 7, 8, 11, 27, 28, 37 and 41 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Clemence and over Aktogu ‘396 in view of Clemence. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007