THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL R. O’BRIEN, GEORGE W. OFF,
TIMOTHY L. CHERNEY, and GARY M. KATZ
Appeal No. 2002-1846
Application 09/146,1991
ON BRIEF
Before SCHAFER, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of
appellants’ claims 17-45.
1 Application for patent filed September 3, 1998. The real party in interest is
Catalina Marketing Corporation. According to the appellant, this application is a continuation of
application 08/417,064, filed April 3, 1995, now Patent No. 5,832,457, which is a continuation-
in-part of application 08/088,617, filed July 6, 1993, which is a continuation of application
07/695,650, filed May 6, 1991.
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