Appeal No. 1997-3500 Page 2
Application No. 08/338,055
Claim 2 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
2. A method of assigning electronic shelf labels to
merchandise items within a price look-up table comprising the
steps of:
(a) determining a price change frequency for each
merchandise item by a computer; and
(b) assigning the electronic shelf labels to items having
a price change frequency greater than a predetermined minimum
price change frequency by the computer.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Gomersall et al. (Gomersall) 4,500,880 Feb.
19, 1985
Hunt 5,111,196 May
5, 1992
Poland et al. (Poland) 5,172,314 Dec. 15,
1992
Spiegelhoff et al. (Spiegelhoff) 5,402,336 Mar. 28,
1995
(filed Jan. 15,
1993)
Claims 2 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Poland in view of Gomersall, Hunt,
Spiegelhoff and common knowledge.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answers for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
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