The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RONALD M. RENDLEMEN, HOWARD W. DeMOORE and JOHN W. BIRD ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1348 Application No. 08/435,798 ____________ HEARD: May 9, 2001 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, NASE and1 BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON REHEARING This is a decision on appellants’ request for rehearing under 37 CFR § 1.197 of the Board’s decision mailed June 15, 2001 sustaining the examiner’s rejections of claims 1-3, 5, 7, Calvert, Administrative Patent Judge, retired before this case was1 reached for rehearing. Legal support for substituting one Board member for another can be found in In re Bose Corp., 772 F.2d 866, 869, 227 USPQ 1, 4 (Fed. Cir. 1985). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007