Appeal No. 2005-0823
Application No. 10/300,895 Page 14
combination set forth in the claim, including 'reporting the
issuance of the travel ticket externally and by the following day
after the issuance of the travel ticket" as recited in claim 1,
or as substantially recited in each of the independent claims.
From our review of appellant's specification, we note that the
specification, including the originally filed claims, does not
specifically recite that the reporting is done by the following
day. However, from the disclosure (specification, page 7) that
“[a]fter recording the transaction (Step S5) periodic sales
reporting is performed electronically or manually. (Step S11)
For example, but not by way of limitation, the sales may be
reported elecronically or manually and the period of reporting
may be fixed (e.g., hourly or daily) or variable (e.g., random,
or otherwise” (underlining added). We find that the "e.g.,
hourly or daily" language of the specification provides basis for
the language "by the following day." From the disclosure of, for
example, daily reporting, we find that daily reporting, in
contrast to weekly reporting that was done in the past, provides
a suggestion of reporting the following day.
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