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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROGER A. HURWITZ
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Appeal No. 2003-0989
Application No. 09/481,740
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-26, all the claims pending in the instant application.
Invention
The invention relates to electronic commerce systems and
methods for characterization of the reputations of buyers and
sellers in an electronic commerce system. See page 2 of
Appellant's specification. The invention addresses the problem
of using reputation to establish trust between strangers in a
person-to-person transaction in an electronic commerce system
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