Ex Parte Monk - Page 3

           Appeal 2007-2451                                                                       
           Application 10/694,925                                                                 

       1         transmitting, from the point-of-sale device, instructions to apply the           
       2         cost for the transaction to the stored-value and credit accounts in              
       3         accordance with the received response.                                           
       4                                                                                          
       5      This appeal arises from the Examiner’s Final Rejection, mailed November 25,         
       6   2005.  The Appellant filed an Appeal Brief in support of the appeal on June 22,        
       7   2006, and the Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief on              
       8   September 13, 2006.  A Reply Brief was filed on October 24, 2006.                      
       9                                                                                          
       10                                  PRIOR ART                                              
       11     The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of                    
       12  unpatentability:                                                                       
       13 Cameron US 5,839,117  Nov. 17, 199813                                                                                        
       14 Melchione US 5,930,764  Jul. 27, 199914                                                                                        
       15 Blossom US 6,631,849 B2  Oct. 14, 200315                                                                                        
       16                                                                                         
       17                                  REJECTION                                              
       18     Appellant seeks review of the following Examiner’s rejection.                       
       19     Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Blossom,         
       20  Cameron, and Melchione.                                                                
       21                                                                                         





                                                3                                                 


Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  Next

Last modified: September 9, 2013