The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PAUL E. MASSOD __________ Appeal No. 2004-0023 Application 09/334,574 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellant requests that we reconsider our decision of August 17, 2004 wherein we sustained the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, 6-16, and 18-36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). We have reconsidered our decision of August 17, 2004 in light of Appellant’s comments in the Request for Rehearing, and we find no 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007