Ex Parte OHSHITA - Page 5



          Appeal No. 2002-1151                                                         
          Application No. 09/324,835                                                   

          coin rolls and stacked bills and each based on respective divided            
          change data when the change data is divided by said change data              
          divider.                                                                     

               Independent claim 22 sets forth an apparatus for dispensing             
          change and packing cash in a change pack, comprising, inter alia,            
          a data input device for inputting change data for each of a                  
          plurality of dealers, a comparator for determining whether a                 
          calculated amount of cash can be packed in a single change pack,             
          a change data divider for dividing the change data into a                    
          plurality of divided change data; and a change pack producer for             
          producing a plurality of change packs based on and corresponding             
          to the plurality of divided change data, whereby a different                 
          amount of cash can be prepared for each dealer.                              

               As can readily be discerned from a review of claims 1 and               
          22, an apparatus is being claimed which apparatus specifically               
          requires a comparator and a change data divider.                             

               At this point, it is important to recognize that the Oshita             
          reference expressly states (translation, pages 26,27, paragraph              
          [0054]) that                                                                 
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