Appeal No. 1998-0085
Application 08/343,540
coupling a reader to the card to establish a data transmission
path between the reader and the card;
accessing required use-variable data in said memory; and
incorporating said accessed data as part of an answer-to-reset
signal transmitted from the card to the reader.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Claus et al. (Claus) 5,310,999 May 10, 1994
Claims 1 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over appellant's disclosed prior art in view of
Claus.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of the Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the 1
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 through 17 under
1Appellant filed an appeal brief on October 11, 1996. Appellant filed
a reply brief on July 28,1997. The Examiner stated in a letter dated February
24, 2000, that receipt is acknowledged of the reply brief filed. The Examiner
further stated that the application is provided to the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences for further considerations. Although it is not entirely
clear that the Examiner has entered and considered the reply brief, we note
that the Examiner has not made it clear that the reply brief had not been
considered or entered. In view of no clear statement that the reply brief is
not considered or entered, we will treat the reply brief as being entered and
considered and as properly before us for our consideration.
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