Ex Parte Suermondt et al - Page 1



                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                       for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                              
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                           Ex parte HENRI JACQUES SUERMONDT and                                      
                                    GEORGE HENRY FORMAN                                              
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                                         Appeal 2007-0455                                            
                                       Application 10/096,452                                        
                                      Technology Center 2100                                         
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                                       Decided: May 29, 2007                                         
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              Before JAMES D. THOMAS, KENNETH W. HAIRSTON, and JOSEPH F.                             
              RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
              HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                 


                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                             
                                    STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                            
                    Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Final Rejection of              
              claims 1 to 10, 12 to 22, 24 to 28 and 33 to 40.  We have jurisdiction under           
              35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                                                                      
                    Appellants have invented a hierarchical visualization tool that has a            
              display that simultaneously shows a plurality of predictive features for a             




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