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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ALESSANDRO CESARE CALLEGARI,
CHRISTOS DIMITRIOS DIMITRAKOPOULOS
and SAMPATH PURUSHOTHAMAN
Appeal No. 2004-0655
Application No. 09/740,721
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Appellants request rehearing of our decision of
February 25, 2004, wherein we affirmed the examiner's rejections
of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and 35 U.S.C. § 103.
We have thoroughly reviewed the arguments set forth by
appellants in their request. However, we are not persuaded by
such arguments that our decision was in error.
Appellants assert that we erred in interpreting the language
of claims 18 and 24 regarding processing and fabrication and
operation in and about 25 to 150°C temperature range as "only
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