Appeal No. 2001-1862
Application No. 09/102,044
receiving notification from the recipient that the stored value card
has been received.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
“Boatmen’s Prepaid Cards for Worker-Incentive Firm” (Prepaid), American Banker,
page 12, July 2, 1996.
“Maritz Gets MASTERCARD’s Stamp of Approval Has Signed a Marketing Deal with
MasterCard Intnl.” (Maritz), Business Travel News, Page A1, August 19, 1996.
“A Store Card Issuer Looks for Lift From Electronic Gift Certificates” (Store Card), Credit
Card News, Page 4, February 1, 1995.
“Boatmen’s Floats Stored Value into the Employee Incentive Waters” (Floats), Debit
Card News, Vol. 2, Issue 2, July 16, 1996.
“More Retailers Turn to Co-Branding” Chain Store Age Executive with Shopping Center
Age, New York, Feb. 1995, Anonymous. (More Retailers)
Claims 53-56, 58, 60, 72-75, 77, 79-82, 84, 86, 98-100, 103, and 104 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Your Choice MasterCard
prepaid card as described in Floats, Prepaid and Maritz. Claims 61, 62, 64-68, 87, 88,
and 90-94 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over More
Retailers in view of Your Choice MasterCard prepaid card as described in Floats,
Prepaid and Maritz. Claims 69-71 and 95-97 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Your Choice MasterCard prepaid card as described in Floats,
Prepaid and Maritz in view of Store Card.
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