The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NAN-YAO SU __________ Appeal No. 1998-2893 Application 08/467,552 ___________ HEARED: July 10, 2001 ___________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellant has filed a request for rehearing of our decision of July 25, 2001 (Paper No. 40), in which we reversed the rejection of claims 1, 2, 5 to 9, 12 to 17, 19 to 23 and 25 to 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), and entered a new ground of rejection, pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b), of said claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007