Appeal 2007-1715 Page 15
Application 10/033,224
issue is whether it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to
provide a field in the prior art database related to packing material and determining
the cost for shipping the packing material.
B. Facts
The record supports the following findings of fact by a preponderance of the
evidence.
1. Claim 10 involves taking into account the weight of the packing material in
the cost of shipping.
2. A package to be shipped comprises an article to be shipped, a container
holding the article, and may further include packing material securing the article
within the container.
2. The cost of shipping a package depends on the weight of the package.
3. The weight of a package is the sum of the weights of the article to be
shipped, the container holding the article, and, if present, the packing material
securing the article within the container.
C. Analysis
Claim 10 involves taking into account the weight of the packing material in
the cost of shipping. It is generally well known that the cost of shipping depends
on the weight of the package to be shipped, as taught in Nicholls, and that cost will
necessarily be the sum of the weights of the article to be shipped, the container
holding the article, and, if present, the packing material securing the article within
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