Appeal No. 97-2877
Application No. 08/334,096
reset means first resets said count down timer and
subsequently enables access to said secure memories.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Hunter 5,243,654 Sept. 7,
1993
Hunter 5,377,268 Dec. 27,
1994
(effective filing date of Mar. 18, 1991)
Gilham 2 251 210 A July 1, 1992
(UK Patent Application)
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by either Gilham or Hunter ‘654.
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(e) as being anticipated by Hunter ‘268 . 2
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The rejections of claims 1 through 5 are reversed.
The sole argument presented by appellants (Brief, pages 4
and 5) in response to the anticipatory rejections of claim 1
through 5 is as follows:
2 This Hunter patent was based upon a divisional
application of Ser. No. 670,804 which is now U.S. Patent No.
5,243,654 also relied on by the examiner.
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