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                  Appeal No. 1998-0646                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/485,269                                                                                                              


                  taught by Hikita would not have suggested the accounting data maintained in the                                                         
                  present invention.  Therefore, we will not sustain the rejection of claim 201 and its                                                   
                  dependent claims 202-204.  Claims 205 and 209 contain the same limitations as claim                                                     
                  201.  Therefore, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 205 and 209 and their                                                      
                  dependent claims.                                                                                                                       
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              

                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 201-212 under 35                                                   
                  U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                               
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




                                             MICHAEL R. FLEMING                                    )                                                      
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