Appeal No. 2004-0786
Application No. 08/935,116 Page 19
that Bigari sends response signal or updated transaction data
based on charge card purchases. It is additionally asserted by
the examiner (answer, page 20) that the claimed customer response
signal is met by Bigari because a purchaser must satisfy stored
transaction data by using a dollar amount based on the maximum
charge permitted, and that this maximum charge relates to prior
purchases because the charge is based on a response signal from
the customer. It is further asserted (id.) by the examiner that
the point of purchase accumulator meets the claimed "updating
transaction data."
We note at the outset that independent claims 17 and 22 do
not recite manipulating the dollar amount and time of purchase.
Only independent claims 27 and 30 recite updating transaction
data and dollar amount of purchases associated with a unique
customer identification. We make reference to our findings,
supra, with respect to Creekmore, as discussed with respect to
claim 8. In addition, we find that Bigari is directed to
implementing credit purchases at locations which require rapid
throughput of transaction events (col. 3, lines 11-15). An
object of the invention is to produce credit vouchers remote from
the point of purchase station (cash register) (col. 3, lines 23-
25 and 33-39). A charge card reader receives a customer credit
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