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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HORST ABRAMOWSKI
and
JAMES D. WELLS
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Appeal No. 1998-1671
Application No. 08/481,186
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, LIEBERMAN, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.197(b)(1997), appellants have
submitted a timely Request for Rehearing (hereafter "Request") of our Decision dated
July 19, 2001, affirming the following rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103: Claims 1,
3 through 6, 8 through 13, 15, 16, 22 through 27 and 29 as being unpatentable over
Albanese.
Appellants’ request rehearing as the Decision based on Albanese constitutes a new
ground of rejection. See Request, page 1. In this respect “appellants respectfully request
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