The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILL H. GARDENSWARTZ, DAVID W. BANKER,
and MELISSA B. GOIDEL
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Appeal No. 2003-0293
Application No. 09/472,197
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HEARD: July 15, 2003
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Before FLEMING, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 85-90, which are all of the
claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to communicating with a
computer based on the offline purchase history of a particular
consumer. An understanding of the invention can be derived from
a reading of exemplary claim 85, which is reproduced as follows:
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