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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DAVID M. CARPENTER _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3704 Application 08/572,183 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is in response to the appellant's request for rehearing of our decision mailed January 19, 2000 (Paper No.1,2 14), wherein we affirmed the rejections of claims 1 and 2 Filed February 9, 2000.1 Effective Dec. 1, 1997, 37 C.F.R. § 1.197(b) was amended to change the2 term "reconsideration" to "rehearing." See the final rule notice published at 62 Fed. Reg. 53131, 53197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007