Ex parte BEGUM - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 96-0300                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/090,285                                                                                                                 


                          Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s                                                                       
                 final rejection of claims 2 to 11 and 13 to 26, which                                                                                  
                 constitute all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                                
                          Representative claim 8 is reproduced below:                                                                                   
                          8.  An electronic, shopping-cart, informational device                                                                        
                 comprising:                                                                                                                            
                          an ergonomically designed display handle having two hand                                                                      
                 grip portions; a central display unit portion with the hand                                                                            
                 grip portions being arranged on each side of the display unit                                                                          
                 portion, the hand grip portions having ends connectable to a                                                                           
                 shopping cart frame, and the display unit portion having a                                                                             
                 display screen and user control means for displaying selected                                                                          
                 information on the display screen, wherein the user control                                                                            
                 means comprises thumb operated buttons located on each side of                                                                         
                 the display screen proximate the hand grip portions for                                                                                
                 scrolling information in the display screen using a thumb                                                                              
                 while the user is able to maintain a grip on the hand portion                                                                          
                 of the display handle with the hand operating thumb; automatic                                                                         
                 means for periodically displaying promotional product                                                                                  
                 advertisements on the display screen; and unobtrusive cue                                                                              
                 means apart from the display screen for directing a user’s                                                                             
                 attention to the display screen when a promotional product                                                                             
                 advertisement is displayed on the display screen.                                                                                      

                          The following references  are relied on by the examiner:2                                                                                  
                 Hayasaka                                              4,786,889                                    Nov. 22,                            
                 1988                                                                                                                                   

                          2Page 2 of the answer lists a reference to Havens, which                                                                      
                 has not been relied on in any rejection stated in the final                                                                            
                 rejection and the answer.  As such, it has not been listed                                                                             
                 here and has not been considered.  Note In re Hoch, 428 F.2d                                                                           
                 1341, 1342 n. 3, 166 USPQ 406, 407 n. 3 (CCPA 1970).                                                                                   
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