The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex Parte JEAN-PIERRE SCHIRMANN, JEAN-PIERRE PLEUVRY and PIERRE TELLIER Appeal No. 1996-1132 Application 08/217,752 _______________ HEARD: April 25, 2001 _______________ Before, KIMLIN, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellants have filed a paper under 37 CFR § 1.197(b) requesting that we reconsider our decision of May 31, 2001, wherein we affirmed the rejection of claims 1, 3-10 and 12-22 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007