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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
            Ex parte LESLIE M. WESTBURY, CARY J. KOOB, ROBERT S. HAMILTON,            
                      LARRY R. PROODIAN, LINDA C. STINSON-ALCINI,                     
                MICHAEL P. NOON, ROBERT M. ALLISON, DOUGLAS S. KALEMBA,               
                     ANNAMALAI KAILAINATHAN and THYAGARAJAN PALANI                    
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2003-1631                                 
                              Application No. 09/451,332                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before BARRETT, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 8-14, which are all of the claims pending in            
          this application.  Claims 1-7 have been canceled.                           
               We reverse.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants’ invention is directed to a method for                      
          associating carrier information with supplier information for               





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