The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte BORIS SOROKOV and ILYA KHANUKOV _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0908 Application No. 08/388,425 ______________ HEARD: OCTOBER 11, 2001 _______________ Before PAK, WARREN, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 21, 23 through 25 and 27 through 31, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007