Ex Parte Shah et al - Page 4




          Appeal No. 2004-1200                                                               
          Application No. 09/871,996                                                         

                                      THE REJECTIONS                                         
                Claims 1 through 5, 14 through 17 and 29 through 33 stand                    
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over                       
          Levine in view of Schein.                                                          
                Claims 6, 13, 19 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                       
          § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Levine in view of Schein and                   
          Burge.                                                                             
                Claims 7 through 9 and 35 through 37 stand rejected under 35                 
          U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Levine in view of                       
          Schein, Burge and Wong.                                                            
                Claims 10 through 12 and 38 through 40 stand rejected under                  
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Levine in view of                    
          Schein, Burge and the Computer Associates references.                              
                Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper                    
          Nos. 14 and 16) and to the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos.                  
          10 and 15) for the respective positions of the appellants and the                  
          examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.                                 
                                         DISCUSSION                                          
                Levine, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a system                 
          and method for the online marketing, origination, servicing,                       
          wholesaling, securitization, claiming and termination of loans.                    



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