The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte STEPHEN J. GERTNER, JR. Appeal No. 2001-2183 Application 08/621,2151 HEARD: January 16, 2003 Before BARRETT, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellant filed a "REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.197" (Paper No. 40) on April 9, 2003, requesting that we designate our affirmances of rejections based on Mae in 1 Application for patent filed March 25, 1996, entitled "Angled Port Loudspeaker," which is a file-wrapper-continuation of Application 08/422,779, filed April 17, 1995, now abandoned, which is a file-wrapper-continuation of Application 08/063,136, filed May 17, 1993, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007