The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KRISHNA G. SACHDEV, UMAR M. AHMAD, FAREED Y. AUDI, DANIEL G. BERGER, JOHN U. KNICKERBOCKER, and CHON C. LEI ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0955 Application No. 09/406,645 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, PAWLIKOWSKI and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. REQUEST FOR REHEARING Pursuant to the provisions 37 CFR § 1.197(b) (amended December 1, 1997), appellants have submitted a Request for Rehearing (hereafter “Request”) of our decision dated May 29, 2003, reversing the 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph rejection, but affirming the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 1-3 and 5- 7.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007