Appeal No. 2002-0419
Application No. 08/457,732
computer and displayed “with the screen device when preparing said parcel for
shipping.” Therefore, the examiner’s line of reasoning concerning stored data does not
meet the claimed limitation of “when preparing,” but rather, would go to reviewing after
the parcel is prepared.
With respect to disabling the non-selectable features, the examiner takes Official
Notice and references the operating systems of MACINTOSH and WINDOWS, but has
not related this to whether the intelligent terminals/telephones of Haddock or Weiss use
these operating systems with their limited processing capabilities. (See answer at
pages 12-13.) Appellant argues that the examiner has relied upon hindsight in an
attempt to reconstruct the claimed invention. (See brief at page 16.) We agree with
appellant and do not find that the examiner has appropriately used Official Notice here.
Therefore, for the above reasons and those set forth with respect to independent
claim 1, we cannot sustain the rejection of independent claim 40.
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