Appeal No. 1997-1354
Application No. 08/432,610
password previously in the hppt header automatically get
replaced, and if so, how did the first username and password
get in the hppt header to begin with?
With respect to claim 1 section (iv), how is the match
performed? We find no explanation in the specification. Are
the first username and password the same as the second
username and password, thus the match? If not the same, how
is the match accomplished?
With respect to claim 8 section (i), is the hppt GET
method inherent in the hppt protocol? We see nothing in the
specification with respect to the hppt GET method, although it
is recited in Appendix A. Looking at claim 8 section (iii),
we find the same ambiguities with causing, second username and
hppt header as we did with those recited in claim 1.
Similarly, we do not understand what is being claimed with the
match of claim 8 section (iv). We note that all the
indefiniteness associated with independent claims 1 and 8
supra necessarily extends to their dependent claims.
As a minor issue, we find antecedent problems with "said
method of associating" in claim 1, and "said second plurality
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