Appeal No. 1997-1271
Application 08/294,765
response data stored in the respective response memory space by the second device is
valid for use by the first device.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:1
Bennett et al. (Bennett) 4,897,782 Jan. 30, 1990
Keryvel et al. (Keryvel) 5,249,301 Sep. 28, 1993
(effective filing date Oct. 25, 1989)
Claims 1 through 4, 6, 10, 13 through 21, 23, 27, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Bennett in view of
Keryvel.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the examiner, reference is
made to the briefs and the answers for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse the rejection of all claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
A study of both Bennett and Keryvel leads us to conclude that it would not have
been obvious to the artisan within 35 U.S.C. § 103 to have combined the teachings of
Keryvel's broadly defined validity determinations in his ring-based configurations of plural,
1The additional references cited by the examiner on page 3 of the principal
answer have not been considered since they have not been utilized in formulating any
rejection of any claim on appeal.
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