A request for reconsideration of a three judge panel
decision must be made within 14 days of the decision. 37 CFR
§ 1.640(c). The decision on preliminary motions was entered in
this interference on September 20, 2001. Thus, any request for
reconsideration was due within 14 days of that decision.
Bouzida’s request for reconsideration was received on October 15,
2001, beyond the fourteen day deadline, and thus is not timely.
Nonetheless, we consider Bouzida’s request for
reconsideration as follows.
Bouzida’s request for reconsideration of its preliminary
motion 1
A party requesting reconsideration of a decision must
specify with particularity points believed to have been
misapprehended or overlooked in rendering the decision.
37 CFR § 1.640(c). A request for reconsideration is not a new
opportunity to raise issues which should have been raised during
the preliminary motions period. Further, a request for
reconsideration will not be granted where the moving party merely
disagrees with the decision of the panel.
Bouzida argues that the panel erred in determining that
Beamer claim 1 includes louvers having at least three different
angles. Bouzida argues that the dictionary definitions of “est”
and “superlative” make clear that shallowest and steepest do not
indicate a comparison between three or more things. Bouzida
disagrees with our interpretation of the terms “steepest” and
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