Appeal No. 97-2903
Application No. 08/492,643
Claim 18 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
18. A data transmitting apparatus for transmitting
predetermined data, comprising:
partial scramble means for scrambling a selected portion
of the predetermined data using a first key;
entire scramble means for entirely scrambling all of the
predetermined data, using a second key, after the selected
portion has been scrambled;
sending means for transmitting the entirely scrambled
predetermined data via a first transmission path; and
means for sending the first key via a second transmission
path.
Claims 18 through 34 stand rejected under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as being indefinite for failing
to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject
matter which appellant regards as the invention.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and
the answer for the respective positions of the appellant and
the examiner.
OPINION
The indefiniteness rejection is reversed.
The examiner indicates (final rejection, page 2) that the
uses of “partial scramble means,” “entire scramble means,”
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