The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte RICHARD L. HARTMAN, MARY M. HARTMAN, and ROY P. MASSENA _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0362 Application No. 09/054,339 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR HEARING Appellants filed a Request for Rehearing on May 29, 2003 requesting that we reconsider our decision of May 9, 2003 wherein we affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 64-79 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. On June 12, 2003 appellants filed a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) including a preliminary amendment. The RCE requests that this application be withdrawn from appealPage: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007