Ex Parte SANTHANAM et al - Page 1




              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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                  Ex parte VATSA SANTHANAM, DAVID GROSS,                                               
                                                  and JOHN KWAN                                                        
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                                               Appeal No. 2001-2302                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/002,404                                                
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                                            HEARD: December 10, 2002                                                   
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              Before FLEMING, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
              BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                

                                         ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                      
                     Appellants filed a paper on March 20, 2003 (Paper No. 21), styled “Petition to                    
              Reopen Prosecution Under CFR 1.183 and 1.198,” during a period in which the instant                      
              application remained under this board’s jurisdiction.  We will treat the paper as a                      
              Request for Rehearing under 37 CFR § 1.197(b), requesting reconsideration of our                         
              decision entered January 23, 2003, wherein we sustained the final rejection of claims 1-                 
              4, 7-9, 12, and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                










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