THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte KATSUHIKO UCHIYAMA _______________ Appeal No. 96-0241 Application 07/617,7401 _______________ HEARD: Feb. 2, 1998 _______________ Before KRASS, LEE, and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 6, all the claims pending in the application. The invention is directed to a business transaction data accumulation system wherein business transaction data is accumulated even if a disconnection develops on a communication line connecting the accumulating device to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. More specifically, each POS terminal has therein a failure detecting means for detecting when 1 Application for patent filed November 26, 1990.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007