Appeal No. 95-3433
Application No. 07/812,982
carrier rates in Sharpe are the teachings referred to by the
examiner in the rejection. Even if we assume for the sake of
argument that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
in the art to use carrier rates in the Haines meter in lieu of
postal rates, the Haines system would still reconfigure the meter
for operation with other external devices, and not for enabling
access to other postal/carrier rates. The obviousness rejection
is reversed.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 19
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
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