The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT F. SADLER __________ Appeal No. 2002-2077 Application 09/273,363 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-13, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a self-checkout terminal system and to a method for integrating a self-checkout terminal into an already existing network of retail terminals administered by a vendor server computer. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007