Appeal 2007-0518
Application 90/006,969
appeal is:
Scott Beamer, A Marriage of Convenience. (MacInTax, MacMoney,
and Dollars & Sense for tax preparation and planning), MacUser, v3, n3, p
102(4) (March 1987).
It’s W-2 Time – But This Year There’s a Better Way to Do your Taxes,
PR Newswire, (February 1987).
Claims 31-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
failing to comply with the written description requirement.
Claims 31-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.§ 112, second paragraph,
as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim
the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
Claims 1-3, 5, 10, 31, 32, 34, 35, and 37-40 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Beamer as further supported by “It’s
W-2 Time.”
Claims 4, 6-9, 11-18, 33, and 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Beamer and further in view of “It’s W-2
Time.”
The Invention
The invention relates to a system and method for collecting and
processing tax data. A tax payer provides information to an electronic
intermediary. The information provided may include, for example, the tax
payer’s social security number, so that the electronic intermediary may
electronically search databases for the tax payer’s tax data (Specification col.
4:51-56). Alternatively, the tax payer may provide account access
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