Ex Parte 6697787 et al - Page 5



                 Appeal 2007-0518                                                                                        
                 Application 90/006,969                                                                                  
                        3. Independent claims 1, 10 and 15 are as follows:                                               
                                1. An apparatus for collecting tax data comprising:                                      
                                means for connecting electronically an electronic intermediary                           
                        to a tax data provider;                                                                          
                                means for collecting electronically tax data from said tax data                          
                        provider;                                                                                        
                                means for processing electronically said tax data collected from                         
                        said tax data provider to obtain processed tax data; and                                         
                                means for preparing electronically an electronic tax return using                        
                        said processed tax data.                                                                         
                                10.   A computer-readable medium embodying a computer                                    
                        program for collecting tax data, said computer program comprising                                
                        code segments for:                                                                               
                                connecting electronically an electronic intermediary to a tax                            
                        data provider;                                                                                   
                                collecting electronically tax data from said tax data provider;                          
                                processing electronically said tax data collected from said tax                          
                        data provider to obtain processed tax data; and                                                  
                                preparing electronically an electronic tax return using said                             
                        processed tax data.                                                                              
                                15. A method for automatic tax data collecting by an                                     
                        electronic intermediary comprising:                                                              
                                connecting electronically said electronic intermediary to a tax                          
                        data provider;                                                                                   
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