Appeal No. 95-4383
Application 08/110,456
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-12, all of Appellants'
pending claims, under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We reverse.
The invention relates to a carrier management system for
enabling a user to determine the shipping charges for shipping
parcels by a selected carrier and is more particularly relates
to such a system wherein discounted shipping charges can be
determined for groups of parcels to be shipped by a selected
carrier to a single consignee.
Claim 1, the sole independent claim, reads as follows:
1. A manifest system for generating manifests for
parcels shipped by a carrier, said carrier providing discounts
for shipment of groups of parcels which meet predetermined
requirements and are shipped to a common consignee, said
system comprising:
a) first means for input of weight for parcel
b) second means for input of information, said
information including shipment data for selecting a class of
service provided by said carrier, a parcel identification
number, and a plurality of operator input signals;
c) a first memory for storing rate data;
d) a second memory for storing said predetermined
requirements;
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