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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              written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21             

                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                 Ex parte CRAIG S. BENDER and JOHN J. SHEDLETSKY                   
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                               Appeal No. 1998-1853                                
                            Application No. 08/397,292                             
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                                     ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before THOMAS, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges             
         LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from              
         the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 3, 5, 13, 14,               
         16, 25 to 27, 30 and 31, which constitute all the pending                 
         claims in this application.                                               
              The invention relates to an expert system for selecting,             
         from a predetermined set, a computer solution comprising a                
         front end platform, a back-end platform and a communication               
         facility                                                                  
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