The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WILLIAM M. DAVIS, JR. __________ Appeal No. 1998-0838 Application No. 08/265,858 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is in response to appellant’s request for rehearing of our decision mailed July 31, 2000, wherein we affirmed the examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007