The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MARK L. TYKOCINSKI and JOSEPH ILAN __________ Appeal No. 1999-0326 1 Application No. 07/997,715 __________ HEARD: October 11, 2001 __________ Before SCHEINER, MILLS and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 28 through 31, all of the claims remaining in the application. 1Application for patent filed December 31, 1992. According to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of application serial no. 07/872,712, filed April 20, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007