Appeal No. 2002-1695 Page 2
Application No. 08/971,386
1. A method of deploying a workstation computer comprising
the steps of:
connecting a dual port RF identification tag to a memory bus
of the computer to provide for electrical communication between
the RF identification tag and the computer;
storing user information in the dual port RF identification
tag using an RF port without unpacking and applying power to the
computer;
forwarding the computer to the end user workstation
location; and
downloading software and user data to the computer after
installing the computer hardware at the end user workstation
location to tailor the workstation.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Anders et al. 4,656,463 Apr. 7, 1987
(Anders)
Fuller et al. 5,302,947 Apr. 12, 1994
(Fuller)
Appellants' Admitted Prior Art (APA) specification, pages 1 and 2
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Anders in view of the Admitted Prior Art (APA)
and Fuller.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejection,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 15, mailed
October 13, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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