Appeal No. 2006-2193
Application 09/751,823
maintaining anonymous financial transactions between parties up to a certain
point in the transactions between them. Note as well the discussion at
column 9, lines 17 through 24; the paragraph bridging columns 12 and 13;
the discussion in the paragraph bridging columns 38 and 39; column 42,
lines 20 through 33 and the top of column 47. Notwithstanding appellant’s
reliance in part upon the discussion between columns 36 through 38 arguing
for patentability, it is significant to note that the discussion beginning at line
36 of column 38 through at least column 42 makes clear that once an active
order has been placed into the system 10 depicted in figure 1, the execution
process itself is complete. Figure 18 depicts messages between the
counterparts with the emphases being that “this [once an active order has
been placed in the system] is the first point in the transaction that
counterparties are identified to one another” as expressed at lines 40 through
42.
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