Appeal No. 2003-0108
Application No. 09/123,778
causing in response to a purchase order made by the
shopper a transfer of an ordered member item of
the set of digitally transferable goods by
downloading to the shopper the ordered member item
by way of the globally accessible computer network
from the storage and distribution region; and
providing for the remotely located provider whose
member item was ordered and transferred an
accounting record of the transfer of the ordered
member item.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Sirbu et al. (Sirbu) 5,809,144 Sep. 15, 1998
(filed Aug. 24, 1995)
Chen 5,978,775 Nov. 2, 1999
(effective filing date Dec. 8, 1993)
Claims 55 through 78 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Chen in view of Sirbu.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 19 and 21)
and the answer (paper number 20) for the respective positions of
the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
For all of the reasons expressed by the appellant in the
briefs, and for the additional reasons set forth infra, the
obviousness rejection of claims 55 through 78 is reversed.
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