Appeal 2007-1672
Application 09/966,540
The Examiner has finally rejected
• Claims 7-13 and 15-17 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
• Claims 1-4, 6-11, 13, 14, and 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) over
Buckley (US 6,446,871).
• Claims 5 and 12 under under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Buckley in view
of Ausems (US 6,434,403).
• Claims 15, 17, 18, 20-25, 27, and 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Buckley in view of Walker (US 6,163,771).
• Claims 16, 19, and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Buckley and
Walker in view of Peckover (US 6,119,101).
We AFFIRM.
The claims set forth Appellant’s invention which relates to a
transaction device comprising a sensor module for receiving product
identification through a product tag and a communication module to transmit
the product identification and device identifier associated with the
transaction device to a product server through a privacy server. The privacy
server conceals the identity of the user of the transaction device
(Specification 5:[0016]-[0017]).
We have carefully reviewed the record. 1
Claims 7-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
The claim at issue is claim 7:
1 The record includes Appellants’ Appeal Brief, filed Mar. 9, 2006, the
Examiner's Answer, mailed Jun. 14, 2006, and Appellants’ Reply Brief, filed
Aug. 17, 2006.
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