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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.         

                                                                 Paper No. 33         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                           Ex parte EUGENE HOWARD MASSEY JR.                          
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                                 Appeal No. 2004-0298                                 
                              Application No. 09/385,226                              
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                                  HEARD: May 6, 2002                                  
                                     ____________                                     
          Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-52, which are all of the claims pending in the present             
          application.                                                                
               The claimed invention relates to a method for funding the              
          production of a movie by initially presenting a storyboard synopsis         
          of the movie on the production company’s Internet web site.                 
          Interested potential viewers of the movie are permitted to purchase         







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