The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and isnot binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BRIAN M. MATTSON ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0277 Application No. 10/234,305 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, BARRETT, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3- 7. Claims 9-14 have been withdrawn from consideration and claims 2 and 8 have been canceled. The invention is directed to a system for providing real-time restaurant reviews, best illustrated by reference to independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1. A system for transmitting information regarding a restaurant, the system comprising: an apparatus having a transmission means in the restaurant wherein information regarding the restaurant is input into thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007