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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 41           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                               Ex parte ULRICH RITTNER                                
                                         and                                          
                                   HEINER SCHMIDT                                     
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2000-1984                                  
                             Application No. 08/565,775                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, DIXON and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                              ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                
               Appellants request that we reconsider that part of our                 
          decision of June 18, 2002 wherein we sustained the rejection of             
          claims 1-16 and 21-23 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and           
          the rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)               
          over Schweizerhof.                                                          


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