The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEFF A. ZIMNIEWICZ, GARY P. RADEN, RYAN M. HELGESON and WILLIAM M. NELSON ____________ Appeal No. 2006-2064 Application No. 09/771,761 ____________ HEARD: September 13, 2006 ____________ 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 1-31, which are all of the claims pending in this application. The claimed invention relates to a system and method for managing the installation and/or removal of components including at least one shared component which is used by other components and has substantially noPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007