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           1     The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                   
           2              for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                           
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           4            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                             
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           6                                                                                                  
           7                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
           8                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
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          11        Ex parte DAN EDWARD CURTIS, DOREEN LYNN GALLI, and                                        
          12                          CHRYSTINE MARIE RAHEB                                                   
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          14                                                                                                  
          15                                 Appeal 2006-2085                                                 
          16                               Application 09/810,629                                             
          17                              Technology Center 3600                                              
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          19                                                                                                  
          20                              Decided:  March 22, 2007                                            
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          22                                                                                                  
          23    Before STUART S. LEVY, ROBERT E. NAPPI, and                                                   
          24    ANTON W. FETTING, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
          25                                                                                                  
          26    LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            
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          28                                                                                                  
          29                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
          30                                                                                                  
          31                              STATEMENT OF CASE                                                   
          32          Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from a final rejection                   
          33    of claims 1-42.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).                          
          34          Appellants invented a method for characterizing a service provider                      
          35    such as an application service provider (ASP) or an Internet service provider                 
          36    (ISP).  (Specification 2).                                                                    




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