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not binding precedent of the Board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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT T. BELL
and RICHARD B. PLATT
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Appeal No. 2001-2001
Application 08/870,600
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
REQUEST FOR REHEARING
In a decision dated June 26, 2003, the decision of the
examiner rejecting claims 41-60 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 was
affirmed. The subsequent, intervening prosecution history led
to the withdrawal of abandonment mailed on December 3, 2003.
In considering the substance of the Request for Rehearing,
we note initially the observations we made at page 7 of our
original decision where we correlated appellants' disclosed
invention with the basic concepts of Shimizu. We made reference
to the Summary of the Invention at pages 19 and 20, and the
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