Appeal No. 2005-0823
Application No. 10/300,895 Page 49
We turn next to claims 8-10 and 44-46 (Groups 6-8, brief,
page 7). Although these claims are listed in the Grouping of
Claims as being in separate groups, they have been bundled
together in the arguments section of the brief (pages 21 and 22)
and in the reply brief, pages 10 and 11). However, since
appellant provides separate arguments for each of claims 8, 9,
and 10, we consider these claims to be representative of the
claims in these three groups. We begin with claim 8. Claim 8
recites that the debit memo is for the full value of the travel
ticket. The examiner's position (answer, page 5) is that IAH
discloses penalties for changes. Appellant asserts that Section
10, page 3, paragraph 7 of IAH only teaches issuing a debit memo
for failing to submit proper information. From our review of
Section 10, page 3, paragraph 7 of IAH, we find that submission
of a discounted transaction without the supporting certificate
information (Type A Certificate) may subject the travel agency to
a debit memo. While this suggests that billing of the travel
agency is done by debit memo, it does not refer to billing of
penalties after the close of the reporting period. However, from
the disclosure of IAH (Section 10, page 5, right column) that
before submitting the report, the agent should "verify that all
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