Ex Parte MAEGAWA et al - Page 2



            Appeal 2007-1720                                                                                 
            Application 09/148,832                                                                           
                                      STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                  
                   Appellants seek our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the Examiner’s final                  
            rejection of claims 2-52, which is all of the pending claims.  We have jurisdiction              
            under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).                                                                   

                                        SUMMARY OF DECISION                                                  
                   We AFFIRM.                                                                                

                                            THE INVENTION                                                    
                   Appellants’ claimed invention is to a network system capable of distributing              
            desired information in a desired format via the network (Specification 1:7-9).                   
            Claim 52, reproduced below, is representative of the subject matter on appeal.                   
                         52. A network system for suitably distributing any                                  
                         content as transactable product, comprising:                                        
                                one or more data server means and utilization                                
                         means, and transaction management means comprised on                                
                         the network system, wherein                                                         
                                said data server means transmits to said data                                
                         utilization means a data package (information package)                              
                         which includes data relating to a transaction which is                              
                         composed of content materials and/or references to                                  
                         content materials and the attribute data which define an                            
                         attribute of said data relating to the transaction;                                 
                                said data server means produces the data package                             
                         in which the data relating to the transaction and the                               
                         attribute has a format defining a boundary in accordance                            
                         with an attribute for the transaction and the scope of data                         
                         to be used for the transaction, and supplies the produced                           
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