Appeal No. 2002-1469 Page 10
Application No. 09/317,110
of each manufacturer's coupons redeemed (i.e. the amount the manufacturer should
reimburse the retailer), the number of inappropriate coupons redeemed by overriding,
and the number of coupons overridden by each cashier. The server can organize the
information on redeemed coupons in any number of ways to accommodate the special
needs of the particular store." Col. 5, ll. 2-9. Specifically, "the report information
regarding overrides and misredemptions is an important factor in attempting to limit
fraudulent redemptions. By providing the retail store with exact data on when and on
what cash register inappropriate coupons were redeemed, the store management can
determine whether a cashier is properly accepting a limited number of inappropriate
coupons as a customer service gesture or whether a cashier is frequently using the
override process for possibly fraudulent purposes." Col. 22, ll. 35-45. Furthermore,
"[a]dditional reports could provide the store with detailed information on analysis of
misredemption increases or decreases as compared to prior week(s), or an analysis of
coupon traffic by shift." Id. at ll. 45-48. Because Off invites modifications to its
embodiment, and Fajkowski teaches desirability of the reporting operation of its server,
we find that the combined teachings of the references would have suggested adding
the server to Off's POS system. Therefore, we affirm the rejection of claim 10 and of
claims 2-4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18-20, 23, 24, 26-28, 31, and 32, which fall therewith.
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