The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PHILLIP WHITE
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Appeal No. 2002-1469
Application No. 09/317,110
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HEARD: Feb. 11, 2003
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Before THOMAS, BARRY, AND LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-32. The appellant appeals therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns computers used in a retail store
environment. Figure 1 of the appellant's specification shows his perception of "a
conventional retail store environment. . . ." (Spec. at 1.) Such an environment features
a store point-of-sale ("POS") controller 10, a bus 12, and cash registers 14. (Id.)
According to the appellant, when an item having a discount coupon associated
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