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               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42              


                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte GRIGORY SHENKMAN                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2004-1179                                  
                               Application No. 09/127,284                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                                                                      
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal of the rejections of claims 23 through 39.            
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for              
          automatically routing incoming interaction requests in a hosted              
          communication network.                                                       
               Claim 23 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it               
          reads as follows:                                                            
                    23.  A method for automatically routing incoming                   
                    interaction requests in a hosted communication network,            
                    comprising steps of:                                               
                         (a) receiving a new interaction request from a                
                    customer;                                                          






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