Ex Parte BENNETT et al - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2001-0615                                                                                        
              Application No. 08/741,459                                                                                  


                     The invention is directed to a system for electronically developing and                              
              processing a legal document.  More particularly, one party to the document selectively                      
              connects a plurality of remote entities to the workstation of that one party and the one                    
              party retains control of the document until the document is executed.  At least one of                      
              the remote entities, another party to the document, may further develop the document                        
              for contemplated execution but control of the document remains with the one party until                     
              execution.                                                                                                  
                     Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                                         
                     1.     A system for electronically developing and processing a document,                             
                     the system comprising:                                                                               
                            1)      at least one local computer workstation, wherein at least one                         
                     such local workstation can electronically capture information input by a                             
                     first party for originating and developing the document, said first party                            
                     retaining control of said document until execution;                                                  
                            2)      at least one remote information bureau computer, wherein at                           
                     least one such information bureau computer is connectable to said at                                 
                     least one local workstation for electronically further developing the                                
                     document; and                                                                                        
                            3)      a plurality of remote entities selectively connectable by said                        
                     first party to said at least one local computer workstation, at least one                            
                     entity of said plurality of remote entities comprising a second party to the                         
                     document and having at least one computer connectable to said at least                               
                     one local computer workstation for electronically further developing the                             
                     document for contemplated execution of the document by said first and                                
                     second parties.                                                                                      




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