THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 45 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DENNIS L. KRUEGER and JAMES F. DYRUD _____________ Appeal No. 95-4633 Application 07/135,0671 ______________ HEARD: DECEMBER 9, 1997 _______________ Before KIMLIN, WEIFFENBACH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellants’ request for rehearing of our decision of January 27, 1998, wherein we sustained the2 1 Application for patent filed December 18, 1997. According to Applicants, this application is a division of Application 06/911,394, filed September 25, 1986, now U.S. Patent No. 4,729,371, granted March 8, 1988, which is a continuation of Application 06/704,537, filed February 22, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 06/540,543, filed October 11, 1983, now abandoned. 2 Effective December 1, 1997, 37 CFR § 1.197(b) was amended to change the term “reconsideration” to “rehearing.” See the final rule notice published at 62 Fed. Reg. 53131, 53197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 O.G. 63, 122 (October 21, 1997). -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007