Appeal No. 95-4383
Application 08/110,456
e) output means for outputting prompts to an
operator; and,
f) data processing means responsive to said weight,
said shipment data and a first of said operator input signals
to append a suffix to said parcel identification number and to
store said weight and at least a portion of said shipment data
with said parcel identification number and suffix for a first
parcel, and for succeeding parcels to increment said suffix
and store said parcel identification number and said
incremented suffix, and said weight, and wherein
g) said data processing means is further responsive
to a second of said operator signals to determine if a group
of parcels consisting of said first parcel and said succeeding
parcels conforms to said predetermined requirements and, if
so, determining discounted shipping costs for said group in
accordance with said stored rates, said stored weights, and
said stored portion of said shipping data, and if said group
does not conform to said requirements controlling said output
means to output a prompt to advise that said group does not
qualify for said discount.
The Answer indicates that the rejection is based on the
following three references:
Hollingsworth 4,589,555 May 20, 1986
Barns-Slavin et al. 5,072,397 Dec. 10, 1991
(Barns-Slavin)
Mayer et al. (Mayer) 5,287,976 Feb. 22, 1994,
(filed Oct. 31, 1990)
Although all three references are mentioned in the discussion
of the rejection, only Barns-Slavin is mentioned in the
statement of the rejection, which reads: "Claims 1-12 are
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