If an or CE immediately follows a not CE, then the not/or CE combination is replaced with an and/not CE combination where each of the CEs contained in the original or CE is enclosed within a not CE and then all of the not CEs are enclosed within a single and CE. For example, the following rule
(defrule example
(a ?x)
(not (or (b ?x)
(c ?x)))
=>)
would be changed as follows.
(defrule example
(a ?x)
(and (not (b ?x))
(not (c ?x)))
=>)