Ex parte BARNS-SLAVIN et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 95-4383                                                          
          Application 08/110,456                                                      


          without relying on appellants' admissions or on other                       
          equivalent prior art.  Consequently, we are reversing the §                 
          103 rejection of claims 1-12 for obviousness over Barns-                    
          Slavin.                                                                     
               In view of the clear materiality of the prior art J90M                 
          system to the claimed invention, it is incumbent upon                       
          appellants to provide the examiner with all available relevant              
          information about that system, including a flow chart                       
          depicting the operation of that system and such operational                 
          details as the prompts, if any, that are used when a                        
          processing a group of parcels for shipment to a single                      
          consignee.                                                                  














                                      REVERSED                                        
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