Appeal No. 2001-2403
Application No. 08/851,040
Representative independent claim 21 is reproduced below:
21. A method for presenting inventory items, comprising:
providing at least three stores which are separated from
each other by elongate walls, each wall having a doorway, with
the doorways being aligned with each other, wherein each store
has its own outside entrance;
entering into a parking facility adjacent the outside
entrances;
selecting one of the outside entrances and entering into the
selected outside entrance directly from the parking facility;
moving to and standing in an aisle which passes through each
doorway;
looking down the aisle and visualizing at least some of the
interior of each store,
selecting an item within one of the stores; and
purchasing the item while within the store.
Claims 21-26 and 28-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101
as being directed to non-statutory subject matter.1
Rather than reiterate the viewpoints of the Examiner and
Appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference
to the answer (Paper No. 24, mailed April 10, 2001) for the
Examiner’s reasoning and the appeal brief (Paper No. 23, filed
February 20, 2001) for Appellant’s arguments thereagainst.
1 The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 1-4, 6-16 and 18-36 as
being anticipated by Searcy, as stated in the final rejection (Paper No. 21,
mailed September 25, 2000), has been withdrawn by the Examiner.
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