Appeal No. 2002-2322
Application 09/094,314
for the mailpiece to obtain postal data relating to the
mailpiece,” whereas the using step recites “using the postal data
to generate an indicium for the mailpiece, the indicium including
cryptographic evidencing of postage payment” [underlining added].
The phrase “the recipient address” in the combining step refers
back to the scanning step where the recipient address is
introduced. Therefore, we agree with appellants that the
recipient address of the combining step comes from the scanning
step. The combining step also recites that the postal data is
obtained by combining the recipient address with other
information. Therefore, we also agree with appellants that the
postal data includes at least some part of the recipient address
since the recipient address is combined with the other
information.
The using step of claim 1 recites that the postal data,
obtained from the combining step, is used to generate an indicium
for the mailpiece. As noted above, the postal data includes at
least some part of the recipient address. Therefore, the
indicium generated from the postal data also includes at least
some part of the recipient address. Accordingly, we find that
claim 1 requires that the indicium for the mailpiece includes at
least some part of the recipient address.
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