The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES J. FINLEY and MEHRAN ARBAB ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1663 Application No. 08/508,408 ____________ HEARD: January 24, 2001 ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.197(b) (1997), the appellants have submitted a request for rehearing of our decision entered February 20, 2001, in which we affirmed the examiner’s rejection of appealed claims 9 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 but reversed the rejection of appealed claims 2 through 8, 23 through 28, and 30 through 44 under the same ground.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007