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                    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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte KATSUHIKO UCHIYAMA                              
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                                 Appeal No. 96-0241                                   
                               Application  07/617,7401                               
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                                 HEARD: Feb. 2, 1998                                  
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          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.                         





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