The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte RUSSELL E. PARKS, FRANK DAVIDE, ALLISON M. MCCORMACK and JAE K. PARK Appeal No. 2004-0344 Application No. 09/759,016 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7. The invention is directed to a skills matching application (SMA) which allows a user to communicate requirements to technical service suppliers so as to procure technical services from contractors. This Web-based skills matching application is -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007