Ex Parte KOSKI 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                         not binding precedent of the Board                           
                                                       Paper No. 19                   
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    _______________                                   
                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    _______________                                   
                               Ex parte DENNIS D. KOSKI,                              
                                 CHARLES SONG YOP MOON                                
                                 and THOMAS ALAN SHORE                                
                                     ______________                                   
                                   Appeal No. 2001-0474                               
                              Application 09/001,117                                  
                                    _______________                                   
                              ON BRIEF                                                
                                    _______________                                   
          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.         
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's              
          final rejection of claims 1 through 32.  Representative claim 1             
          is reproduced below:                                                        
               1.  A case-based reasoning system, comprising                          
               a case base capable of storing a plurality of cases that               
          each include one or more attributes;                                        


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