Appeal 2007-1715 Page 20
Application 10/033,224
2. Customers will contact manufacturers where an item does not meet their
expectations.
3. Customers will make inquiries if a product does not meet specifications.
C. Analysis
Claim 16 is drawn to isolating containers without proper postage and
querying the manufacturer of the article/container about their actual weight if it is
different from their weight stored in the database.
It is generally well known that packages will not be shipped without the
proper postage. Accordingly it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the art to isolate containers without proper postage until such time they are
provided with the proper postage to ship them.
It is generally well known that customers will contact manufacturers where
an item does not meet their expectations and make inquiries if a product does not
meet specifications. Accordingly, it would have been obvious for a shipper to
query a manufacturer about the weight of an article/container to be shipped if their
actual weight is determined to be different from their previously-recorded weight
stored in a database.
D. Conclusion of Law
On the record before us, Appellant has failed to show that the Examiner
erred in rejecting claim 16 over the prior art.
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