Appeal No. 1999-1780
Application No. 08/651,630
general purpose computer 84 of Lohrey’s kiosk that stores
transaction record 68 (see Figure 5 and column 10, lines 31-40)
and then transmits said transaction record 68 to the central
processing plant via a modem (see column 11, lines 1-7). The
central processing plant 50 of Lohrey constitutes “an item
holding area” in that the items dropped off by the customer are
delivered thereto by the route driver for processing and then
held for delivery back to the kiosk for pick up by the customer.
Moreover, the transaction record 68 clearly comprises data
matching the identity of the customer with the item dropped off
(see Figure 5).
Accordingly, we shall sustain the standing rejection of
claim 46 as being anticipated by Lohrey. We shall also sustain
the standing rejection of claim 47 as being anticipated by
Lohrey since appellants have not argued this dependent claim
apart from base claim 46.
The obviousness rejections
Claim 48
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