Ex Parte Duncan 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                  written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                   

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                    
                                           _____________                                               
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                       
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                             
                                           _____________                                               
                     Ex parte DANIEL N. DUNCAN, ALEXANDER N. SVORONOS,                                 
                                      and THOMAS J. MILLER                                             
                                           _____________                                               
                                      Appeal No. 2004-0008                                             
                                   Application No. 09/547,627                                          
                                           ______________                                              
                                              ON BRIEF                                                 
                                          _______________                                              
            Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and LEVY, 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 50.  Representative claim                              
            1 is reproduced below:                                                                     
                        1.  A method for ordering inbound inquiries, the method                        
                  comprising:                                                                          
                        receiving plural inbound inquiries, each inbound                               
                  inquiry having associated inquiry information;                                       





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