The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HARRY BUSSEY, III and HARRY BUSSEY, JR. __________ Appeal No. 2001-1381 Application 08/826,741 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.197(b), Harry Bussey, III et al. request rehearing (i.e., reconsideration) of our decision on appeal rendered September 20, 2001 to the extent that we sustained the examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of independent claims 1 and 26 as being unpatentable over U.S. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007