The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte EUGENE HOWARD MASSEY JR. ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0298 Application No. 09/385,226 ____________ HEARD: May 6, 2002 ____________ Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-52, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. The claimed invention relates to a method for funding the production of a movie by initially presenting a storyboard synopsis of the movie on the production company’s Internet web site. Interested potential viewers of the movie are permitted to purchasePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007