Appeal No. 2006-1187
Application No. 10/056,832
Invention
The invention relates to a method of providing purchasers of vehicles with
replicas portraying the vehicles they purchased. See page 1 of appellant’s
specification.
Claims 1 is representative of the invention and reproduced below:
1. A method of providing a purchaser of a product with a replica
portraying the product including the steps of:
receiving product information relating to a visible feature of the product;
offering to the purchaser of the product an opportunity to purchase a
replica of the product, the offering step being performed by a merchant of the
product; and
causing the replica including the visible feature to be transferred to the
purchaser.
References
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Hartman et al. (Hartman) 5,960,411 Sep. 28, 1999
Turkel, “Sweating the details Fernwood fo Maine’s colorful, handcrafted replicas
of buildings and scenes find a ready, robust market” Portland Press Herald, June
11, 2000. (Turkel)
The additional references we rely upon are:
Web site http://web/.achive.org/web/1991009212252/www.borton.com/parts.html
(Borton Volvo) Dated September 15, 1999 (copy attached)
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