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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CRAIG W. BARNETT,
KAREN R. REISNER and MARK BRAUNSTEIN
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Appeal No. 2005-2686
Application No. 09/879,823
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HEARD: JANUARY 11, 2006
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 47-62, which constitute all the claims pending in this application.
The disclosed invention pertains to an on-line coupon distribution system. More
particularly, the invention downloads coupon information from a host computer to a
client computer where a paper coupon is printed by the client computer. One aspect of
the claimed invention is that a target audience is
determined for receiving coupons based on user preferences stored on the user’s
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