Appeal No. 1999-0709 Page 2
Application No. 08/400,335
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a tamper-resistant postage meter. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 15, which appears in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Hubbard 4,246,643 Jan. 20, 1981
Miller et al. (Miller) 4,864,505 Sep. 5, 1989
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 15-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hubbard in view of Miller.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 13) and the answer (Paper No. 14) for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner with regard to the merits of this
rejection.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. For the reasons which follow, we
cannot sustain the examiner's rejection.
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