Appeal Number: 2006-2607
Application Number: 10/004,738
1 Watanabe shows an ATM also having both a bank note accepting and
2 dispensing device and a coin accepting and dispensing device, and explicitly
3 recites that it sorts the contents (col. 1, ll. 45-62).
4 Watanabe also shows a device to convey bank notes and coins to their
5 respective devices to ensure that coins cannot be received by the bank note
6 accepting and dispensing device and that bank notes cannot be received by the coin
7 accepting and dispensing device (col. 4, ll. 38-49).
8 Richardson shows that two different devices may communicate over short
9 ranges wirelessly (col. 2, ll. 3-13). This is a notoriously old and well known
10 means of communication between devices.
11 Richardson shows that the wireless communication may occur over infrared or
12 radio media (col. 2, ll. 3-13), the latter of which may rely on Bluetooth technology
13 in the 2.4 – 2.5 GHz portion of the radio frequency spectrum using hop frequencies
14 (col. 3, l. 58 – col. 4, l. 8).
15 Richardson shows that Bluetooth in particular may be set for 10-100 meters
16 distance apart use (col. 4, ll. 1-8).
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18 ANALYSIS
19 Claims 2-9 and 15-21 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
20 rendering the claimed subject matter indefinite.
21 The above facts show that the phrases “for processing notes including sorting,”
22 “for processing coins including sorting,” and “are brought together,” in claim 15
23 would be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art and would therefore
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