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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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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