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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EDWARD ALUN SKETCH
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Appeal 2007-0384
Application 09/681,784
Technology Center 3600
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ON BRIEF
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Before GRIMES, GREEN, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a method
or system for reducing a functional competency gap. The Examiner has
rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The specification describes “a method and online system for
interactively assessing an employee’s level of functional competency with
respect to his or her employment function” or “an employment function the
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