The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ANTHONY F. HERBST and WAYNE F. PERG ________________ Appeal No. 2004-0511 Application 09/375,817 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and MACDONALD, 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 1-39, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a computer-aided method for operating a synthetic investment fund having at least two different classes of interest. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007