Appeal No. 95-4884
Application 08/133,416
Appellant’s have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 to 4. Claims 5 to 7 have been
allowed by the examiner.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A method for key management for controlling the keys
used in encoding information to be printed on a mailpiece for
validating the mailpiece comprising the steps of generating a
predetermined number of keys, assigning one of said keys to a
particular postage meter by means of a determined relationship
associated with the postage meter, said relationship being
derived as a predetermined function corresponding to the
particular postage meter, and installing the assigned key in the
particular postage meter.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Edelmann et al. (Edelmann) 4,757,537 Jul. 12, 1988
Iijima 5,202,922 Apr. 13, 1993
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Edelmann. Claims 2 and 4 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner
relies upon Edelmann in view of Iijima.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse the rejection of claims 1 and 3 under 35 U.S.C.
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