Ex parte BELLO et al. - Page 6

               Appeal No. 96-3236                                                                                                      
               Application 08/295,493                                                                                                  




                       We need not address the issues of whether the applied references teach or suggest the claimed                   

               “compressed hardware signature...” or the “selection means” as it relates to the compressed hardware                    

               signatures since, in our view, the examiner has not even gotten past the “asynchronously processing”                    

               requirement of the claims.                                                                                              



                       Accordingly, the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 8, 10 through 13, 15 through 21, 23,                  

               24, 26, 27, 29 through 54, 56, 57, 59 and 60 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                         



                                                            REVERSED                                                                   




                                       JAMES D. THOMAS                         )                                                       
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                                       ERROL A. KRASS                          )                                                       
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                                       JAMES T. CARMICHAEL                     )                                                       
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