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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              publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                

                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                     
                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                            
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                      Ex parte MICHAEL A. MANSFIELD and DONALD J. FRIDRICH                          
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                                        Appeal No. 2006-2184                                        
                                      Application No. 09/819,427                                    
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                                             ON BRIEF                                               
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              Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, 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, 3-7, 9-11, 13-17, 19-21, 23-27, and 29-41,          
              which constitute all the claims pending in this application.                          
              The disclosed invention pertains to a system and method for providing                 
              personalized customer support.  Specifically, information is received from a          
              customer and the information evaluated.  The system then identifies customer          
              support information relevant to the customer information and presents the             







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