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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JONATHAN BRANDON ALLEN
Appeal No. 2002-0349
Application No. 09/442,352
ON BRIEF
Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-5, 7-11, 17-28, 31-33 and 37-39.
The invention is directed to a system for ensuring payment
of royalties for copyrighted data delivered over a communication
network. In particular, the invention resolves the conflict
between free access and payment of royalties by providing liberal
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