The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007