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                             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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31             
                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                   
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                             Ex parte RODNEY C. HEMMINGER and MARK L. MUNDAY                                          
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                                                 Appeal No.2000-2244                                                  
                                              Application No. 08/660,709                                              
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                        
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             Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
             BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      


                                    DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                 
                    A patent examiner rejected claims 23-31.  The appellants appealed therefrom                       
             under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We affirmed-in-part.  Ex parte Hemminger, No. 2000-2244,                      
             slip op. at 1 (Bd.Pat.App. & Int. Sept. 27, 2002).  The appellants now ask us to                         
             reconsider our decision to affirm the rejection of claims 23-28 under § 103(a) as                        
             obvious over Schlumberger Indus. Elec. Div. ("Schlumberger"), Quantum® Electronic                        
             Meter Field Reference Manual For Q101, Q111, Q121, Q200, Q210, Q220 and Q230                             











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