Ex Parte MEDINA et al - Page 1




                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                      
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                      Ex parte CESAR MEDINA, QING GONG, and KENNETH LOUIS MILSTED                                         
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                                                  Appeal No. 2004-1316                                                    
                                                Application No. 09/241,276                                                
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before THOMAS, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
              BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         


                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     A patent examiner rejected claims 45, 47-63, 65-75, and 77-94.  The appellants                       
              appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse.                                                     


                                                    BACKGROUND                                                            
                     The invention at issue on appeal concerns electronic distribution of digital                         
              "content" such as music, film, computer programs, pictures, and games.  (Spec. at 2.)                       
              Because of the difficulty in preparing such content for electronic distribution, assert the                 
              appellants, owners and publishers have been slow to embrace the use of the Internet                         








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