Appeal No. 2000-0376
Application 08/753,236
Appellant's arguments are not commensurate in scope with
claim 4. Claim 4 requires only hardware information, not
information relating to the actual printing process. Claim 4
does not require a separate Postal Security Device, computer, and
printer. Nor does claim 4 recite any purpose or intended use for
the recorded information.
Johnsen discloses a tag device attached to merchandise for
the purpose of security, surveillance, pricing, tracking,
accounting, and inventory control (abstract). The tag device 10
has a display panel 14 for displaying human readable text, such
as the price and description, and a machine readable bar code
(col. 4, lines 22-44). Each tag device can be provided with
information such as a product model number, manufacturer vendor
number, serial number, and purchase order number (col. 8,
lines 28-31).
Schwartz discloses a postage scale system in which the user
needs to enter a valid authorization number to enable the new
application software (abstract; col. 10, lines 18-22). The
authorization number includes an electronic signature, which is
generated using the serial number, model number, and other
parameters (col. 10, lines 22-34).
While both Johnsen and Schwartz disclose model numbers,
neither suggests recording the model number of the printer as
part of the information. It is not clear to us why one of
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