Appeal No. 1998-0876 Application 08/269,703 We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 6) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 9) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position, and to the Brief (Paper No. 8) (pages referred to as "Br__") for Appellants' arguments thereagainst. OPINION Claims 1, 2, and 4-6 "Anticipation is established only when a single prior art reference discloses, expressly or under principles of inherency, each and every element of a claimed invention." RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). Independent claims 1 and 6 recite a computer or retail terminal comprising "a first portion having a housing including a display" and "a second portion having a housing different than the housing of the first portion and coupled to the first portion including a processor" (emphasis added). The specification discloses that terminal 12, corresponding to the first portion, is supported above the checkout counter and terminal 14, corresponding to the second portion, is located within the checkout counter (specification, p. 7). This - 4 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007