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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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 15              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte ROBERT F. SADLER                               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-2077                                  
                               Application 09/273,363                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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.                                   
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