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              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              and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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