The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte WILLIAM WILSON and DON L. BARAGAR
Appeal No. 2003-1156
Application No. 09/745,062
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Appellants request rehearing of our Decision of
July 15, 2003, wherein we affirmed the examiner's rejection of
the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellants' arguments
set forth in the Request but we are not persuaded that our
decision was in error.
Appellants contend that neither the Examiner nor the Board
followed the current law on combining prior art references
inasmuch as the examiner failed to "show that the combined
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