Appeal No. 2005-0823
Application No. 10/300,895 Page 35
From the disclosure that the initiative came as a result of a
four month dialog with travel agents, corporate travel
departments and carriers, along with feedback and proposals for
changes to the November 15, 2002 initial proposal, and the lack
of any reference to any input from Mr. Goldstein, we find that
from the evidence before us, we would have to resort to unfounded
speculation to conclude that a recognition of the problem of
abuse of the voiding system came about from the meetings between
appellant and unnamed members of several of the ARC-owned
airlines.
Turning to the redacted New Business Methodology Proposal,
we find that the document discloses that ARC was established in
1984, and that “[s]ince travel agencies only report and remit
sales weekly, they have historically offered their customers the
courtesy of voiding (negating the sale) airline tickets issued in
a given week. This practice has been in existence since the
creation of the agency reporting system. By voiding an airline
ticket, agencies are not required to report the sale to ARC, and
therefore, the airline” (Underlining added). From the
disclosure that travel agencies have offered their customers the
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