Appeal No. 1997-3178
Application 08/464,069
where the information is stored. The quote from column 6
indicates that external printed (i.e., non-digital)
information is used by the manufacturer to confirm the
identity of the user. Column 6 refers to an embodiment
where a secondary password is generated, not stored,
although the identification procedure could be the same. We
agree with Appellant that the Examiner has not identified a
digital data structure in Cole including "identifying
information identifying the legitimate computer user" and we
do not find any such teaching in Cole. The anticipation
rejection of claims 25, 26, 29-31, and 39-42 over Cole is
reversed.
The arguments with respect to method claim 32 are
similar to claim 25. The rejection of claims 32-38, and
44-46 are reversed for the reasons stated in connection with
claim 25.
Dziewit (WO 92/09161)
The Examiner states that the limitations of the digital
data structure are found in "Dziewit at page 30, 'Third
Party Trustee'" (EA5) and "with Dziewit secret encrypted
information such as an encrypted contract is provided"
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