Ex Parte Smith - Page 2


                 Appeal No. 2006-2981                                                                                
                 Application No. 10/099,342                                                                          


                 detached from the user.  If the device is given to another person, the device will                  
                 store security information about the other person.  Accordingly, the device                         
                 enables access control systems to verify that the security device is actually                       
                 possessed by the authorized person.                                                                 

                        Representative claim 21 is reproduced as follows:                                            
                        21.  A device for securing a user, the device comprising:                                    
                 a body securable to the user;                                                                       
                                                                                                                    
                        a sensor for detecting when the body is unsecured from the user;                             
                        a processor, and                                                                             
                        data storage;                                                                                
                        the processor storing security information related to the user in the data                   
                 storage when the sensor detects that the body is secured to the user;                               
                        the processor expunging the security information from the data storage                       
                 when the sensor detects that the body has been removed from the user.                               
                        The examiner relies on the following references:                                             
                 Ponert                      WO 00/05686                 Feb. 3, 2000                                
                                             (PCT published                                                          
                                             application)                                                            
                 Hsu et al. (Hsu)            6,041,410                     Mar. 21, 2000                             
                 Ponert                      6,431,455                      Aug. 13, 2002                            
                                                                         (filed Sept. 27, 2000)                      
                                                                                                                    






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