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            Appeal 2007-0772                                                                                
            Application 09/788,132                                                                          
                               the central server computer transmitting to the                              
                         financially troubled borrower, automatically over the                              
                         network, automatic approval of the proposed loss                                   
                         mitigation loan workout if certain predefined parameters                           
                         are met and, if the predefined parameters are not met,                             
                         providing further instructions to the financially troubled                         
                         borrower.                                                                          
                         4. The system of claim 1, wherein a user selects a loss                            
                         mitigation loan workout type among a menu of                                       
                         predefined loss mitigation loan workout types.                                     

                                            THE REJECTIONS                                                  
                   The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence in support of the                     
            rejections:                                                                                     
                    Dhar                     US 2002/0040339 A1            Apr. 4, 2002                     
                    Fletcher                 US 6,112,190                Aug. 29, 2000                      
            T.A. Myers & Co., Real Estate Problem Loans: Workout Strategies and                             
            Procedures, 5-30 (Dow Jones-Irwin, 1990).                                                       
            Larry B. Litton, The Return of Loss Mitigation, Mortgage Banking, vol. 57, iss. 8,              
            60-65 (Washington, DC, May 1997).                                                               
                   The following rejections are before us for review.                                       
               1. Claims 1-3, 5-8, 10, and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                    
                   unpatentable over Dhar in view of Myers and further in view of Litton.                   
               2. Claims 4, 9, 12, and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                        
                   unpatentable over Dhar in view of Myers, Litton, and Fletcher.                           


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