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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BARBARA S. JOHNSON
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Appeal No. 2001-0280
Application No. 08/890,398
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-19, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application.
The claimed invention relates to a method and system for
automated loan repayment in which payment to a merchant is
accepted from a customer through a customer identifier.
Information related to the payment is directed for processing to
a merchant processor which forwards at least a portion of the
payment to a loan repayment receiver. The loan payment receiver
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