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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HAROLD D. PORTNOY and MICHAEL G. STYS
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Appeal No. 2004-1461
Application No. 09/461,883
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, 6-11, 13-20, 22-30, 32-35
and 37-39 which constitute all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to an apparatus for use
by a patient to provide informed consent to a medical procedure
using the Internet.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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