The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 53 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte MICHAEL C. SCROGGIE, DAVID A. ROCHON, DAVID W. BANKER and WILL GARDENSWARTZ Appeal No. 2004-1267 Application No. 08/873,974 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appellants request rehearing of our decision of July 29, 2004, wherein we affirmed the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 52, 53, 55-59, 62, 72 and 82 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Initially, appellants argue that we have not decided an issue involving a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, even though that rejection had been withdrawn by the examiner and was not on -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007