Appeal No. 2004-0199
Application No. 09/385,489
Rejection of claim 84 under 35 U.S.C. § 102
Appellants argue that Jones fails to teach "capturing the
terms of the trade promotions for the promoted products in an
independent system which operates independently of the control of
the retailer and the manufacturer, including retailer
identification, manufacturer identification, trade promotion
type, UPC Codes for the promoted products, payment values for the
promoted products, and link codes for associated discounts if any
of the trade promotions are electronic discount trade
promotions." Appellants argue that the Examiner has not
explained how and why capturing of these more specific terms in
claim 84 is expressly or inherently present in Jones. See pages
33 and 34 of Appellants' brief.
Upon our review of Jones, we fail to find that Jones teaches
capturing the terms of the trade promotion including link codes
for associate discounts if any of the trade promotions are
electronically discount trade promotions. Therefore, we will not
sustain the Examiner's rejection of claim 84 as well as dependent
claims 85-87 under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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