The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DOUGLAS R. PETERSON ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2516 Application 08/422,440 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellant has filed a paper under 37 37 CFR § § 1.197(b) requesting that we reconsider our decision of October 27, 2000 wherein we affirmed the rejection of claims 1-3, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007