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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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