The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RAYMOND R. HORTON, CHANDRASEKHAR NARAYAN and MICHAEL J. PALMER __________ Appeal No. 1998-1813 Application 08/476,178 __________ RECONSIDERATION __________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. REQUEST FOR REHEARING In a paper filed January 3, 2001, appellants request that we reconsider our decision dated November 8, 2000, wherein we sustained only the rejection of claims 6 through 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. In that decision, we reversed the examiner's rejection of independent claims 13 and 14 and their respective dependent claims 2 through 5 and 12. Appellants' request for rehearing sets forth three basic points. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007