UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES J. TURK
Appeal No. 2006-1874
Patent No. 5,671,364
(Reexamination Control Number 90/006,351)
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HEARD August 7, 2006
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Before BARRETT, LEE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 and ' 306 from the examiner=s final
rejection of the patentee=s claims 1-16. Oral argument was heard on August 7, 2006.
References relied on by the examiner
Marks (“Marks”) 5,117,356 May 26, 1992
United States Gold Certificate (“Gold Certificate”) September 1, 1882
The rejection on appeal
Claims 1-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as being unpatentable over the Gold
Certificate and Marks.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a system and method for conducting financial transactions in
units of a stored commodity. There is a deposit site having secure facilities for storage of a
commodity. An inventory of a valuable commodity is stored at the secure facility and a quantity
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