The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN S. MARESCA, ROBERT D. HAYES, BRENT R. JENSEN, EDWARD KOBEDA, ERIC T. LAMBERT, MICHAEL J. WHITNEY, KATHERINE J. PEARSALL, BENJAMIN J. STEELE JR., and PAUL A. ZULPA ____________ Appeal 2007-0223 Application 09/752,0901 Technology Center 2100 ____________ Decided: July 19, 2007 ____________ Before LEE E. BARRETT, JOSEPH L. DIXON, and HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Final Rejection of claims 44-79. Claims 1-43 have been canceled. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm-in-part. 1 Application for patent filed December 29, 2000, entitled "Method and System for Providing an End-to-End Business Process for Electronic Supplier Qualification and Quality Management," now U.S. Publication US 2002/0087372 ('372 publication), published July 4, 2002.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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