Appeal No. 2004-0403
Application 09/100,684
McNatt, Robert and Light, Larry, Reach Out and Pay Someone,
Business Week (March 23, 1998) (McNatt).
Krauss, Jeffrey, Subsidized TV sets?, CED (Communications
Engineering & Design) (February 1998) (Krauss).
The examiner also relies on the following references to
support Official Notice findings:
Schumacher et al. (Schumacher) 5,060,165 October 22, 1991
Mori 5,200,889 April 6, 1993
Bucci 5,655,089 August 5, 1997
Goldberg, Jeff, Making your wireless quest easier,
Point.com, www.point.com/articles/489.asp (download date
November 16, 2000) (Goldberg) (not prior art).
Active Trader Rebate Program, Wall Street Access Active
Trader Rebate Program, www.wsaccess.com/-
active_rebate_program.htm (download date April 22, 1998)
(Wall Street Access).
The references are fairly summarized by the appellants
(brief, pp. 9-15 & 23-24).
Claims 1, 11-13, 22, and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over McNatt, Linnen, Krauss, and
Crosskey, and factual assertions of Official Notice supported by
Bucci, Schumacher, Goldberg, and Wall Street Access.
Claims 2-10, 23-26, 28, and 30 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over McNatt, Linnen,
Krauss, and Crosskey, further in view of Jermyn, and factual
assertions of Official Notice supported by Bucci, Mori, and
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