The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte KAREN A. PAPIERNIAK, JAMES E. THAISZ, LUO-JEN CHIANG, SUSAN L. WOODFORD, and EUGENE M. BETZ Appeal No. 2002-1844 Application 08/975,4281 ON BRIEF Before BARRETT, SAADAT, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-22, 28-35, and 37. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed November 20, 1997, entitled "Computer Architecture and Method for Supporting and Analyzing Electronic Commerce over the World Wide Web for Commerce Service Providers And/or Internet Service Providers." - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007