Ex Parte SULLIVAN - 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                                      publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                              
                                                                                             Paper No. 14                 
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                           Ex parte ANTHONY D. SULLIVAN                                                   
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                                                  Appeal No. 2000-0190                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/784,224                                                
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         


                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-28,                     
              which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                    
                     We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                                   
                                                    BACKGROUND                                                            
                     Appellant's invention relates to a knowledge management system and method.                           
              An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,                       
              which is reproduced below.                                                                                  








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