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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CAROL FRAUWIRTH
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Appeal No. 2002-1809
Application No. 09/798,050
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
This is in response to the appellant's request for rehearing1 of our decision mailed
July 31, 2002, wherein we affirmed the examiner's rejection of claim 3 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over the acknowledged prior art set forth on pages 1, 2 and 6
of the specification (hereafter, APA) in view of Wier2.
1 Filed August 12, 2002.
2 Wier, Adventure Travel Photography, 26 (New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1992).
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