Appeal No. 96-0241
Application No. 07/617,740
The examiner relies on the following references:
Takahashi 4,750,120 Jun. 7, 1988
Kubota 5,056,090 Oct. 8, 1991
(filed May 9, 1989)
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as
unpatentable over Takahashi in view of Kubota. In a new ground
of rejection entered in the principal answer, the examiner also
rejects claims 1 through 5 under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 over Takahashi,
alone.
Reference is made to the briefs and answers for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the evidence before us,
including the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner
as support for the rejections and appellant’s arguments
thereagainst.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before us,
that the examiner has failed to present a prima facie case of
obviousness. Accordingly, we reverse.
The examiner points out that Takahashi discloses a plurality
of business transaction data entry systems, data accumulation
means and a communication line for connecting the business
transaction data entry systems to the accumulating means but
admits that Takahashi lacks a teaching of a failure detecting
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