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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD F. CARROTT
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Appeal No. 2002-0828
Application No. 09/475,126
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-42, all the claims present in the instant application.
Invention
The invention relates to e-commerce. In particular, the
invention relates to promoting sales of services and merchandise
over the Internet. See page 1 of Appellant's specification. The
invention solves the problem of how to divide an otherwise
indivisible Internet into defined geographic areas for useful
purposes such as promoting product sales and paying commissions.
See page 5 of Appellant's specification.
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