The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte AMANDA ELIZABETH CHESSELL, MARTIN MULHOLLAND, and KATHRYN SARAH WARR __________ Appeal No. 2002-2322 Application 09/094,314 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-21, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to the field of transaction processing. More particularly, the invention seeks to avoid the creation of a transaction coordinator until such 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007