The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte BJORN MARKUS JAKOBSSON and CLAUS PETER SCHNORR Appeal No. 2005-0986 Application No. 09/727,904 ON BRIEF Before THOMAS, KRASS and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision On Appeal This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20. The invention is concerned with electronic information retrieval. In particular, access to information items purchasable from a merchant and accessible over a network is controlled so that even the merchant is unable to identify the -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007