Ex Parte Hansmann et al - Page 1



                    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                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 UWE HANSMANN, LOTHAR MERK and THOMAS STOBER                                
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                                 Appeal No. 2006-0986                                                
                              Application No. 09/745,818                                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                                      
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         Before OWENS, GROSS and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
         OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
              This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-24, which are all                          
         of the pending claims.                                                                      
                                   THE INVENTION                                                     
              The appellants claim a system, contactless label chipcard,                             
         device, method and computer program product for executing payments.                         
         Claim 1, which claims the system, is illustrative:                                          
              1.  System comprising:                                                                 
              a contactless label chipcard attached to a product containing                          
         at least information identifying said product and payment status                            
         thereof, and a component for execution of an update of the payment                          
         status of said product;                                                                     












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