Appeal 2007-1554
Application 10/844,387
THE REJECTION
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Robinson US 5,915,022 Jun. 22, 1999
Ginter US 6,185,683 B1 Feb. 06, 2001
The following rejection is before us for review.
1. The Examiner rejected claims 34-50 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Robinson in view of Ginter.
ISSUE
A first issue on appeal is whether Appellants have sustained their burden of
showing that the Examiner erred in rejecting the rejected claims on appeal as being
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the prior art.
According to Appellants, the first issue turns on (1) whether there is a
teaching, suggestion, or motivation to combine Ginter and Robinson, and (2) if so,
whether the combination of Ginter and Robinson "teaches" the claimed invention.
FINDINGS OF FACT
The following findings of fact are believed to be supported by a
preponderance of the evidence. To the extent that a finding of fact is a conclusion
of law, it may be treated as such. Additional findings as necessary may appear in
the Discussion portion of the opinion.
Robinson discloses a method for providing a digital receipt as a service
offered on the web for a third-party electronic transaction carried out over a public
network, the receipt describing details of the electronic transaction so as to
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