The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TIMOTHY J. CHAINER, DEAN A. HERMAN, JR., SOL KRONGELB, LUBOMYR T. ROMANKIW and EDWARD J. YARMCHUK ________________ Appeal No. 1997-3472 Application 08/405,278 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KRASS, FLEMING and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellants request that we reconsider our decision dated May 31, 2000, with respect to affirming the Examiner's decision rejecting claims 14-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007