Appeal 2007-0518
Application 90/006,969
information to the electronic intermediary so that the electronic intermediary
may electronically contact and collect from tax data providers the tax
payer’s tax data (Specification col. 5:50-65).
The electronic intermediary electronically processes the collected tax
data to determine the tax payer’s tax liability. The electronic intermediary
prepares a tax return using the processed data.
Procedural Posture and related Proceedings
On 24 February 2004, patentee (hereafter “Simplification”), the real
party in interest of U.S. patent 6,697,787 (‘787) filed a patent infringement
action against Block Financial Corporation (“Block”) in the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware based on U.S. patent 6,697,787
(‘787). On 15 March 2004, Block requested reexamination of ‘787.
Reexamination was granted on 3 June 2004. The civil case was stayed
pending the reexamination. Simplification appealed under 35 U.S.C. §§ 134
and 306 from a final rejection of claims 1-18 and 31-40. The appeal is the
subject of this decision.
On 8 April 2003, Simplification filed a patent infringement action
against Block in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
based on U.S. Patent 6,202,052 (‘052), which is the parent of the involved
reexamination application. On 11 July 2003, Block requested reexamination
of the ‘052 patent, which reexamination was granted on 2 October 2003.
The civil action was stayed pending the reexamination. Simplification
appealed from a final rejection in that case, which is also before us and is
decided in a separate, concurrently mailed paper.
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