The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENNETH S. POLONSKY, YUKIO HORIKAWA, NAOHISA ODA,
NANCY J. COX, KENICHI OTANI, CRAIG L. HANIS, GRAEME I. BELL,
SEAMUS KEVIN SREENAN, and YUN-PING ZHOU
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Appeal No. 2005-0258
Application No. 09/768,877
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ON BRIEF
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Before ELLIS, ADAMS, and GREEN Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
REQUEST FOR REHEARING1
Appellants request reconsideration (rehearing) of the Board’s Decision
entered July 29, 2005, wherein the examiner’s rejection of claims 18-21, 49-51,
53-64, 115 and 116 under the written description provision of 35 U.S.C. § 112
was affirmed.
DISCUSSION
Appellants’ premise their request upon their disagreement with the
manner in which the Board grouped claims 18-21, 49-51, 53-64, 115 and 116 in
1 All reference to Request, refers to appellants’ Request for Rehearing received by the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences on October 4, 2005. We note appellants’ Certificate of Mailing
under 37 CFR § 1.8, dated September 29, 2005. Accordingly, appellants’ Request is timely filed.
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