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               The opinion in support of the decision being                           
               entered today was not written for publication                          
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
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                                                            Paper No. 36              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                             Ex parte DANIEL E. TEDESCO,                              
                                  JAMES A. JORASCH,                                   
                                  and JAY S. WALKER                                   
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-0403                                  
                               Application 09/100,6841                                
                                                                                     
                                 HEARD: May 6, 2004                                   
                                                                                     
          Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from             
          the final rejection of claims 1-13, 22-26, and 28-30.                       
               We reverse but enter new grounds of rejection.                         


          1  Application for patent filed June 19, 1998, entitled                     
          "Billing Statement Customer Acquisition System," which is a                 
          continuation-in-part of Application 08/982,149, filed                       
          December 1, 1997, now U.S. Patent 6,196,458, issued                         
          March 6, 2001.                                                              
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