Ex parte SORENSON - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte JOHN R. J. SORENSON                              
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                                Appeal No. 1997-3047                                  
                               Application 08/480,152                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                              ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                
               Appellant requests reconsideration of our decision mailed              
          on December 22, 2000, wherein we affirmed the rejections of                 
          claims 1-8 under the judicially created doctrine of                         
          obviousness-type double patenting over claims 1-9 of Sorenson               
          ‘834 and over claims 1-8 of Sorenson ‘171.  We treat this                   


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