Ex Parte Sansone - Page 2



            Appeal 2007-1715                                                       Page 2                    
            Application 10/033,224                                                                           

            to Nicholls in view of U.S. Patent No. 5,890,138 to Godin.1  35 U.S.C. § 134                     
            (2002).  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6 (b) (2002).                                    
                   We AFFIRM.                                                                                
                   The Brief2 separately argues the following groups of claims:                              
                   • Claims 3, 15, and 17  (Br. 16-18);                                                      
                   • Claims 5-9 and 12-14 (Br. 18-20);                                                       
                   • Claim 10 (Br. 20-21);                                                                   
                   • Claim 11 (Br. 21); and,                                                                 
                   • Claim 16 (Br. 21-22).                                                                   

            I. Claims 3, 15, and 17                                                                          
                   Pursuant to the rules, the Board selects representative claim 3 to decide the             
            appeal with respect to this group of claims.  37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2006). It            
            reads as follows:                                                                                
                   3. A method of returning a weight from a weight field of a database                       
                   wherein said database has at least one data field for storing a set of data               
                   relative to a corresponding article, packing material, and container, and                 
                   wherein said set of data comprises at least said weight field, the method                 
                   comprising the steps of:                                                                  
                         (a) initiating a cost determining routine in a shipping system                      
                   application at a first node;                                                              
                                                                                                            
            1 Claims 1, 2 and 4 have been cancelled.                                                         
            2 Our decision will make reference to Appellant’s Appeal Brief (“Br.,” filed 28                  
            September 2006) and the Examiner's Answer (“Answer,” mailed 12 December                          
            2006).                                                                                           





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