The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENNETH LAWRENCE ACCARDI,
KEVIN JAMES JAY,
and DIANE MARIE MIESBAUER
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Appeal No. 2006-0411
Application No. 09/224,262
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-28, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application.
The claimed invention relates to a system and method of
providing remote service to medical diagnostic systems which
includes a field service unit connected to an automated service
facility. The field service unit is configured to compose service
requests based upon a menu of predefined service modules or
functions. The service request, which includes identification of a
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