Appeal 2007-0518 Application 90/006,969 information to the electronic intermediary so that the electronic intermediary may electronically contact and collect from tax data providers the tax payer’s tax data (Specification col. 5:50-65). The electronic intermediary electronically processes the collected tax data to determine the tax payer’s tax liability. The electronic intermediary prepares a tax return using the processed data. Procedural Posture and related Proceedings On 24 February 2004, patentee (hereafter “Simplification”), the real party in interest of U.S. patent 6,697,787 (‘787) filed a patent infringement action against Block Financial Corporation (“Block”) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware based on U.S. patent 6,697,787 (‘787). On 15 March 2004, Block requested reexamination of ‘787. Reexamination was granted on 3 June 2004. The civil case was stayed pending the reexamination. Simplification appealed under 35 U.S.C. §§ 134 and 306 from a final rejection of claims 1-18 and 31-40. The appeal is the subject of this decision. On 8 April 2003, Simplification filed a patent infringement action against Block in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware based on U.S. Patent 6,202,052 (‘052), which is the parent of the involved reexamination application. On 11 July 2003, Block requested reexamination of the ‘052 patent, which reexamination was granted on 2 October 2003. The civil action was stayed pending the reexamination. Simplification appealed from a final rejection in that case, which is also before us and is decided in a separate, concurrently mailed paper. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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