The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RONALD P. SANSONE and ROBERT A. LAW, JR. ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0961 Application No. 09/298,782 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Ronald P. Sansone et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 18, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “postage devices and more particularly to a system for correcting the rating and payment of mail pieces” (specification, page 1). Representative claim 1 reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007