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and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte STEVEN W. THORPE
and
ROBERT C. HIGGINS
Appeal No. 2002-2056
Application No. 09/152,471
ON BRIEF
Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20.
The invention is directed to a system for identifying and
tracking project trends, best illustrated by reference to
representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:
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