The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte GABRIEL N. ISSA Appeal No. 2004-1283 Application No. 09/373,141 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-63. The invention pertains to conducting on-line auctions for a specified category of items, the nature of which is apparent from a review of representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1. A method for conducting an online auction of a monetary amount for a specified category of items, the method comprising: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007