The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WESLEY E. MUNSIL, JAMES R. LOGAN, and ALAN W. SWITZER ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0957 Application No. 09/074,074 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, BARRY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL A patent examiner rejected claims 18-20. The appellants appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse. BACKGROUND The invention at issue on appeal concerns the billing of customers. Many providers of services or products periodically generate bills for their customers. For example, a cable television ("CATV") company may operate many CATV franchises in several geographic regions, covering millions of customers. Each month, it sends a bill to each such customer. (Spec. at 1.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007