Appeal No. 2003-0355
Application No. 09/217,725
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to generating item menu lists
for use during operation of a self-service checkout terminal
which allow a customer to quickly and efficiently find an item
name in an item list of a selection menu.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of displaying an item name having a first
word and a second word on an item list of an item selection
menu of a retail terminal, comprising the steps of:
displaying a first version of said item name on said
item list of said item selection menu such that said first
word is followed by said second word; and
displaying a second version of said item name on said
item list of said item selection menu such that said second
word is followed by said first word.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Humble 4,964,053 Oct. 16, 1990
Walter 5,987,428 Nov. 16, 1999
(filed Jun. 25, 1996)
Claims 1-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Walter in view of Humble.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 11, mailed August
20, 2002) for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the brief (Paper
No. 10, filed June 7, 2002) and the reply brief (Paper No. 12,
filed October 28, 2002) for Appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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