The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD F. BAILEY Sr., RONALD A. FISHER and STEVEN M. HOFFBERG __________ Appeal No. 2004-0251 Application 09/853,097 ___________ HEARD: January 6, 2004 ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is in response to appellant’s request for rehearing of our decision mailed February 26, 2004, wherein we affirmed, inter alia, the examiner's rejection of claims 127 through 130, 134, 137, 138 and 143 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Gross, and that of claims 68, 69, 72 through 75, 127 through 130, 134, 137, 138 and 143 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007