The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte BARBARA L. FOX, BRIAN A. LAMACCHIA
and BRIAN C. BECKMAN
Appeal No. 2003-0072
Application No. 09/032,407
ON BRIEF
Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 13-17 and 19-30. Claims 2-12 and 18 have been
indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject
matter and are not on appeal herein.
The invention is directed to an electronic method of doing
business. In particular, a user is enabled to perform an
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