Appeal 2007-1715 Page 11
Application 10/033,224
e) returning said weight to said routine for use in calculating a cost for
shipping said each of said one or more articles and said container;
f) entering said weight into a second data field of said shipping system
application as an input parameter; and
g) determining said cost for shipping said each of said one or more
articles and container based upon a set of one or more input parameters.
A. Issue
The Examiner’s findings are largely those summarized in the Issue section
for the rejection of claims 3, 15, and 17 above.
Appellant repeats the arguments summarized in the Issue section for the
rejection of claims 3, 15, and 17 above, except that Appellant states, without
further explanation, that the cited art does not disclose steps d), e), f), and g), and
adds the following:
Furthermore, the cited art does not disclose or anticipate the query
disclosed by Appellant in:
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specification read as follows:
“The next three subscreens (305, 307 and 309) provide the numeric
and text information that enables the present invention to operate.
Subscreen 305 contains data entry lines labeled F1, F2 and more.
Each line has fields for both UPC code assigned to the contents
item, as printed on its label, or found in its description. The “F”
lines are filled in with either the UPC or a description until all the
items are accounted for. The next subscreen 307 deals with the
mail piece container. At least one “G” line must be selected, and
either the UPC number entered or the description. The next
subscreen 309 deals with the packing and tape used to form the
mail piece/container. At least one “H” line must be selected, and
both the UPC number entered and a description of what was
consumed.”
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