The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRIAN C. TRASK __________ Appeal No. 2004-1408 Application No. 10/166,590 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON REHEARING This is in response to the appellant’s request for rehearing (request) pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.197(b) (2003)(effective Dec. 1, 1997), filed on Jul. 15, 2004 (paper 15), of our Jun. 28, 2004 decision (paper 14). In our original decision, we affirmed the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (2003) of appealed claims 27 and 30 as unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 4,150,851 issued to Cienfuegos on Apr. 24, 1979. (Original decision, pages 3-9.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007