The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte PAUL R. D’MURA _______________ Appeal No. 2006-1704 Application No. 10/640,544 _______________ HEARD: JUNE 7, 2006 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-25, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a system and methodology to facilitate material class processing. Specifically, one or more class structures are defined that generically describe a grouping of components, such as materials, that can be applied toPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007