Appeal No. 2001-1018
Application 09/211,688
system, we find nothing in GB ‘575 which corresponds to the
self-service checkout terminal recited in claim 7 having a
terminal memory device electrically coupled to a processing
unit therein, with said terminal memory device having stored
therein a plurality of instructions which, when executed by
the processing unit, causes the processing unit of the self-
service terminal to perform the functions (a) through (d) set
forth in the last four clauses of claim 7. In contrast to the
examiner’s position (answer, page 4) that “the checkout
terminal cannot distinct [sic, distinguish] whether the
customer or the cashier is going to re-enter the number of
scanned items,” we note the terminal memory device of the
self-service checkout terminal of claim 7 on appeal and the
processing unit therein are specifically programmed to
“operate said self-service checkout terminal so as to allow
said customer to enter said number of items into said self-
service checkout terminal in response to generation of said
audit-required control signal.”
Based on the foregoing, we conclude that GB ‘575 does not
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