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
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