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          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                    publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK DUCHOW                              
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0597                              
                             Application No. 09/682,876                           
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                                HEARD: March 23, 2006                             
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         Before WARREN, WALTZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.        
         WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
              This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s         
         final rejection of claims 76 through 93, which are all of the            
         claims pending in this application.  We have jurisdiction pursuant       
         to 35 U.S.C. § 134.                                                      
              According to appellant, the invention is directed to a method       
         of distributing incentive vouchers over the Internet to cause            
         customers to come into participating dealers or “resellers” (Brief,      
         page 2).  Further details of the invention may be gleaned from the       







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