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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIROFUMI ITO and SHINICHI YAMASHITA
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Appeal No. 2004-0887
Application No. 09/304,644
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 81-94,
which are all of the claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method and computer readable medium
for distributing digital content on a computer network.
Claims 81 and 94, which claim the method, are illustrative:
81. A method for distributing a digital content on a computer
network, said method comprising:
receiving via the computer network a request for a digital
content from an information terminal, the request identifying the
information terminal or a user thereof;
obtaining an encoded version of the digital content;
generating a decoding program such that ID information
representing the information terminal or user is embedded
therein, and wherein the decoding program is programmed to
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