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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte SHEDRICK D. JONES ________________ Appeal No. 1999-0117 Application 08/702,948 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellant requests rehearing of our decision of September 22, 1999, wherein we (1) affirmed the examiner’s final rejection of claims 6-15 as being based on an original disclosure that fails to comply with the written description requirement found in the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, and (2) dismissed the -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007