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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HENDRIK M. HAAN
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Appeal No. 2004-2036
Application No. 09/885,264
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
This is a decision on appellant’s request for rehearing (Paper No. 35) of our
decision mailed September 29, 2004 (Paper No. 34) sustaining the examiner’s rejection
of claim 1 as being unpatentable over Rius and entering a new rejection of claims 2 and
3 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. In other words, this is a decision both on
appellant’s request for rehearing under 37 CFR § 41.52(a)(1) with regard to the affirmed
rejection of claim 1 and on appellant’s request for rehearing under 37 CFR § 41.50(b)(2)
with regard to the new ground of rejection of claims 2 and 3.
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