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         Appeal No. 2002-2056                                                       
         Application No. 09/152,471                                                 

         function that is a correlation between at least one pair of                
         different project parameters, and this is not shown or suggested           
         by either of the applied references or a combination thereof.              
              Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 1,           
         4, 6, 7, 9-11, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                
              The examiner’s decision is reversed.                                  
                                      REVERSED                                      


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