Ex parte GOODWIN - Page 1




                    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               not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding    
               precedent of the Board.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. 23          
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte JOHN C. GOODWIN III                             
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-3500                                 
                              Application No. 08/338,055                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      




                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2                 
          through 17.                                                                 
               The disclosed invention relates to a method of using price             
          change frequency to assign electronic shelf labels to                       
          merchandise items within a price look-up table.                             





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