Ex Parte DAVIES et al - Page 1



              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                      for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15            
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                
                                            ____________                                            
                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                   
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                          
                                            ____________                                            
                            Ex parte BRAD DAVIES and ANDREW R. ZINK                                 
                                            ____________                                            
                                       Appeal No. 2003-0063                                         
                                   Application No. 09/201,919                                       
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                                              ON BRIEF                                              
                                            ____________                                            
           Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                        
           Judges.                                                                                  
           RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                   

                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                          
                 This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of                       
           claims 1-17, which are all of the claims pending in the present                          
           application.                                                                             
                 The claimed invention relates to a method and apparatus for                        
           printing postage in which print software is decoupled from print                         
           data permitting the changing and updating of print image data                            
           without requiring updating of the printer software.  The print                           




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