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          Appeal No. 2005-1294                                                        
          Application No. 09/785,100                                                  

          carrier of a type not discussed.”  See the Request for Rehearing,           
          page 5.  Having agreed with the appellant’s description of the              
          conventional ring carrier as indicated supra, we need not grant             
          this request.2                                                              
               The appellant requests that footnote 2 in the Decision “be             
          withdrawn so as not to confuse the record.”  See the Request for            
          Rehearing, pages 5 and 6.  We decline.                                      
               As is apparent from the statements in the footnote in                  
          question, it is no more than advice to the examiner “in the event           
          of further prosecution.”  We observe no confusion in the record.            
               In view of the foregoing, the appellant’s request for                  
          rehearing is granted to the extent of reconsidering our Decision,           
          but is denied with respect to making any change thereto.                    





               2 Even if assuming, arguendo, the Decision includes a new              
          ground of rejection, we note the appellant’s statement that                 
          “[t]he Board’s decision constitutes new grounds of rejection                
          warranting re-hearing.”  See the Request for Rehearing, page 3.             
          This statement indicates that the appellant exercised his option            
          of rehearing the case based on the same record in accordance with           
          37 CFR § 41.50(b)(2004).  Thus, pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.52 (a)(1)           
          (2004), we need not permit further rehearing from a decision on             
          rehearing.                                                                  
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