Appeal 2007-2745
Application 09/761,671
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2 This appeal arises from the Examiner’s Final Rejection, mailed June 13, 2006.
3 The Appellant filed an Appeal Brief in support of the appeal on October 3, 2006.
4 An Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief was mailed on January 9, 2007. A
5 Reply Brief was filed on January 27, 2007.
6 PRIOR ART
7 The Examiner relies upon the following prior art:
8 Daniel W. Bielinski, How to sort out the premium drivers of post-deal value,
9 Mergers and Acquisitions, Jul/Aug 1993, Vol. 28, Iss. 1, pg. 33, 5 pgs. (Bielinski)
10 Carol E. Brown, James Coakley, and Mary Ellen Phillips, Neural networks enter
11 the world of management accounting, Management Accounting, May 1995, Vol.
12 76, Iss. 11, p. 51, 5 pgs. (Brown)
13 The Appellant relies upon the following prior art, already of record:
14 Alfred Rappaport, Creating Shareholder Value, A Guide for Managers and
15 Investors, pp. 39, 70, 171, and 172, ISBN 0-684-84410-9, 1998 (Rappaport)
16 REJECTION
17 Claims 69-103 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
18 Bielinski and Brown.
19 ISSUES
20 Thus, the issue pertinent to this appeal is whether the Appellant has sustained
21 its burden of showing that the Examiner erred in rejecting claims 69-103 under
22 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Bielinski and Brown.
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