The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JOHN MERVYN CARTER and EDMUND JAMES
WHITTAKER WEST
Appeal No. 2001-0584
Application No. 09/034,067
ON BRIEF
Before KRASS, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-9, all of the pending claims.
The invention is directed to on-line commerce and, more
particularly, to a software program which acts as an intelligent
agent for users of a client computer. The intelligent agent
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