Appeal No. 1997-3178
Application 08/464,069
Cole
Cole stores encrypted primary and secondary passwords.
The user enters his password, which is then encrypted and
compared to the stored encrypted primary password. The
computer boots if there is a match. If the user forgets his
password, he may call the computer manufacturer to obtain a
valid alternate (secondary) password (col. 5, lines 45-49).
Alternatively, the secondary password may be generated from
external information instead of being stored.
The Examiner states (FR2-3): "The means for storing
identifying information identifying the computer user
features of claim 25 reads on the storage of the primary
password in Cole. The storing of the secret digital
information in encrypted format features of claim 25 reads
on the storage of the primary password in encrypted format
of the last line of the abstract."
Appellant argues (Br7): "Cole's primary password
(encrypted or otherwise) cannot be both the claimed
identifying information and the secret digital information."
We agree with Appellant. Furthermore, we note that
Cole does not store the password in decrypted form because
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