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                            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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27             
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                             
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
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                                         Ex parte STEPHEN BRIANCOURT                                                 
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                                                Appeal No. 2004-0077                                                 
                                             Application No. 09/674,681                                              
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                                             HEARD: February 17, 2004                                                
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             Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
             ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    


                                         ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                    
                    The appellant has filed a paper captioned “Request for Clarification of Decision                 
             on Appeal,” in which he requests that we confirm the interpretation we gave to the                      
             phrase “angularly variable pivot axis” in our decision of March 8, 2004, wherein we                     
             reversed the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-7, 10-14 and 17-20.  We have                        
             designated this paper to be a request for rehearing.                                                    


                    GRANTED.                                                                                         









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