Appeal 2007-1305
Application 09/725,394
1 The Appellant invented an Internet-based system for preparing the documents
2 used for performing due diligence, transfer, and recording transfer of intellectual
3 properties pursuant to an acquisition, divestiture, merger, IPO, change of name, or
4 the like (Specification 1). An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
5 reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
6 1. A system for automating the recordation of a property transfer
7 comprising:
8 an Internet server;
9 a communications link between said Internet server and the Internet;
10 at least one database containing a plurality of information records
11 accessible by said Internet server, each information record including
12 an intellectual property identification number;
13 at least one database containing a plurality of recordation forms
14 accessible by said Internet server;
15 software executing on said Internet server for receiving a transfer
16 request indicative of a transfer of rights to the property; and
17 software executing on said Internet server for querying said database
18 of information records to retrieve an information record corresponding
19 to a transfer request, for querying said database of recordation forms
20 to retrieve a recordation form corresponding to said transfer request,
21 and for combining the retrieved information record with the retrieved
22 recordation form to generate a document.
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24 This appeal arises from the Examiner’s Final Rejection, mailed May 22, 2006.
25 The Appellant filed an Appeal Brief in support of the appeal on August 23, 2006,
26 and the Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief on November
27 17, 2006. A Reply Brief was filed on December 21, 2006.
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