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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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

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