Ex parte GRISWOLD - Page 4




          Appeal No. 95-3919                                                          
          Application No. 07/907,934                                                  


          license control system, as an indication of the use by the                  
          licensee of said licensed product.                                          

               The reference relied on by the examiner in the statement               
          of the rejection is:                                                        
          Katznelson               5,010,571                     Apr. 23,             
          1991                                                                        
               The following references are listed as being of record,                
          but are not included in the statement of the rejection:                     
          Edwards                  5,014,234                     May   7,             
          1991                                                                        
          Johnson et al. (Johnson)      5,023,907                     June            
          11, 1991                                                                    
          Kroll et al. (Kroll)     5,258,906                     Nov.  2,             
          1993                                                                        
                                   (filed Oct. 18,                                    
          1990)                                                                       
          Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications,” Macmillan                    
          Publishing Company, 1985, pages 199 through 202.                            
               Claims 111 through 218 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                
          103 as being unpatentable over Katznelson.                                  
               Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the                  
          respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.                     
                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered the entire record before us,              
          and we will sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 132,                
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