The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte MAKOTO INAGAWA, AKIHIRO HOSOKAWA and RICHARD E. DEMARAY Appeal No. 2002-1201 Application No. 09/026,575 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellants request rehearing of our decision of January 17, 2003, wherein we affirmed the examiner's rejections of all the appealed claims, claims 1-3 and 5-22, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 for essentially the reasons expressed in the Examiner's Answer. Appellants request that we reconsider our decision and reverse the examiner's rejections. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007