Appeal No. 2005-0823
Application No. 10/300,895 Page 16
"Your daily ticket sales are transmitted from your
reservation system(s) to IAR nightly so that you can
view and reconcile your report the following day. IAR
collects the data and electronically prepares your
weekly ARC Sales Report on a daily basis. IAR will
verify each transaction, as it is received, identify
specific errors, and allow you to make corrections
prior to the Sales Report submission deadline of
Tuesday midnight Eastern Time" (page 2, left column).
"Although a back office accounting system is not
necessary to use IAR, an optional tool is available so
that IAR can send the ticket information to your back
office system using an Internet file" (page 2, right
column).
"It is recommended that voids be processed in your
GDS/CRS whenever possible. However, in IAR you have
the ability to void sales" (page 5, left column).
"Your client’s account is charged if you void
after midnight the day of sale. You have until Monday
midnight following the close of the sales week to use
the void format in your GDS/CRS. A credit reversal is
sent to the credit card contractor and the void appears
on your IAR report the next day" (page 5, left column).
"In IAR you may recall and make changes to an
already submitted report up until the deadline time and
date (Tuesday midnight Eastern time)" (page 6, left
column).
From the disclosure of IAH, we find that the reference teaches
all of the limitations of independent claim 1, with the exception
of reporting the issuance of the ticket by the following day.
Although the examiner takes the position (answer, pages 4 and 6)
that IAH imposes a fee for changes made after the issuance has
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