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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD E. MCVICKER
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Appeal No. 1998-0860
Application No. 08/365,710
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and LEVY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Appellant has requested that we reconsider our December
21, 2000 decision wherein we affirmed the obviousness
rejection of claim 9.
In a discussion of the Stern reference, we explained that
“the roll inhibiting device 51 is only in the Figure 6
embodiment,” and that “[s]uch a roll inhibiting device is not
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