The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BORIS SKURKOVICH and SIMON SKURKOVICH __________ Appeal No. 2006-0624 Application No. 10/096,127 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. GREEN, 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 10, 12 and 22.1 Claim 10 is representative of the subject matter on appeal, and reads as follows: 1 All references to the Appeal Brief refer to the Appeal Brief dated August 16, 2004. In addition, we note that an Appeal Brief was filed concurrently in U.S.S.N. 09/419,445, Appeal No. 2005- 1970. Appeal Brief, pages 1-2. Per appellants’ request, we have considered the appeals together.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007