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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
__________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
__________
Ex parte JOHN C. GOODWIN III
__________
Appeal No. 1997-0344
Application 08/326,922
___________
ON BRIEF
___________
Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 14,
which constitute all of the pending claims in the case before us.
BACKGROUND
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a price maintenance system and method employing
a computer with a price-lookup (PLU) file and a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner,
1
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007