The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PETER VAN DE WITTE, JOHANNES A.M.M. VAN HAAREN, RIFAT A.M. HIKMET, and DIRK J. BROER _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0122 Application No. 08/857,756 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, OWENS, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is in response to a request, filed August 12, 2003, for rehearing of our decision, mailed June 26, 2003, wherein we affirmed the examiner’s Section 103 rejections of all appealed claims. As correctly indicated in the request, in our above noted decision, we affirmed the examiner’s rejection based on each of the two claim interpretations discussed in the answer.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007