Ex Parte Gutta et al - Page 1



                  The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                       
                  for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SRINIVAS GUTTA and KAUSHAL KURAPATI                                            
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                                                 Appeal 2007-1246                                                  
                                              Application 10/014,180                                               
                                             Technology Center 2100                                                
                                                  ____________                                                     
                                              Decided: June 11, 2007                                               
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                Before ANITA PELLMAN GROSS, ALLEN R. MACDONALD, and                                                
                JEAN R. HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                      
                GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                


                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    

                                          STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                    
                       Gutta and Kurapati (Appellants) appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                           
                the Examiner's Final Rejection of claims 1 through 23, which are all of the                        
                claims pending in this application.                                                                
                       Appellants' invention relates to a method and system for evaluating                         
                the closeness of two items, where each item is characterized by at least one                       




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