Appeal No. 2001-2286
Application 09/022,193
goods and levels 1 through 3 correspond to special discounts. We
fail to find any teaching or suggestion for storing sales
information for goods in a sales information storage means having
a second portion for storing sales information associated with
each of a plurality of purchasers, the second portion including a
first sub-portion of storing sales information associated with
respective ordinary purchasers and a second sub-portion for
storing sales information associated with respect to special
purchasers. Furthermore, we fail to find that Suzuki or
Francisco suggests or teaches that the sales information stored
in the first and second sub-portions include a total quantity and
a total price for at least one item as recited in Appellant’s
claim 1.
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner
bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
obviousness. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ 1443,
1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). See also In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468,
1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984). The Examiner can
satisfy this burden by showing that some objective teaching in
the prior art or knowledge generally available to one of ordinary
skill in the art suggests the claimed subject matter. In re
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