The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ULRICH HIELSCHER, HORST STERNAU and HUBERT KOCH ____________ Appeal No. 1997-4283 Application No. 08/342,695 ____________ HEARD: July 12,2001 ____________ Before PAK, WARREN and JEFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is a decision on appellants’ request for rehearing of our earlier decision entered May 29, 2001, wherein we affirmed the examiner’s rejections of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103. This decision is rendered subsequent to the oral hearing dated July 12, 2001 consistent with appellants’ request in the Request for Rehearing dated June 15, 2001.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007