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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                        for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                       


                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                             ____________                                                
                          Ex parte JEFF A. ZIMNIEWICZ, GARY P. RADEN,                                    
                          RYAN M. HELGESON and WILLIAM M. NELSON                                         
                                             ____________                                                
                                         Appeal No. 2006-2064                                            
                                       Application No. 09/771,761                                        
                                             ____________                                                
                                      HEARD: September 13, 2006                                          
                                             ____________                                                
               Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                         
               RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    


                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                     This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims                 
               1-31, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                            
                     The claimed invention relates to a system and method for managing                   
               the installation and/or removal of components including at least one shared               
               component which is used by other components and has substantially no                      





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