Appeal No. 1997-3178
Application 08/464,069
The arguments with respect to method claim 32 are
similar to claim 25. In addition, claim 32 recites "the
trustee using said digital data structure to confirm the
identity of the legitimate computer user, and after positive
confirmation of identity, recovering the secret digital
information." We do not find these limitations in Dziewit
even giving the limitations a very broad interpretation.
The trustee in Dziewit is merely a third person used for
security reasons and the Examiner does not explain how the
trustee acts to confirm a legitimate computer user. The
rejection of claims 32, 33, 36, 37, and 44-46 is reversed
for the reasons stated in connection with claim 25 and
because Dziewit does not teach the steps performed by the
trustee.
Kaufman
The Examiner states that the limitations of the digital
data structure are found in "Kaufman at col. 6, lines 41-49"
(EA5) and "with Kaufman public key certificates and
encrypted 'long term' credentials are provided" (EA5).
Kaufman, column 6, lines 41-49 states:
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