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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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 19           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                         Ex parte KARL WILLIAMS, JEFF WARD,                           
          LLOYD PARKER and WINSTON WATT                                               
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-2078                                  
                             Application No. 09/209,211                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, BARRETT and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-20.                                                                
               The invention is directed to a system for recruiting                   
          personnel for a business entity that has multiple divisions or              
          independent business units that may compete against each other              
          for common candidates.                                                      

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