The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PETER WATSON, BRUNO GIROUARD and BERTHOLD FECTEALU _____________ Appeal 2006-2196 Application 10/294,892 Technology Center ____________ Decided: July 18, 2007 _______________ Before TERRY J. OWENS, STUART S. LEVY, and ANTON W. FETTING, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING In our Decision mailed November 14, 2006 we affirmed the rejections of claim 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Yasui ‘503, claims 20 and 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Karpik, claims 1-19 and 21-61 underPage: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007