The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL GREER
and ANAND PASHUPATHY
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Appeal No. 2005-1804
Application No. 08/882,197
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s rejection of claims 3-5, 17, 18, 22-25, 27-29, 32,
36, 40, 41, 45-49 and 54-57.
The disclosed invention pertains to controlling
advertisements provided from a content provider to a target
computer over a network.
Representative claim 3 is reproduced as follows:
3. A system comprising:
a target computer to receive a content including an
advertisement; and
a content provider coupled to the target computer via a
network to transmit the content, the content provider comprising:
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