Ex parte NAKASUJI et al. - Page 6



          Appeal No. 1998-0641                                                        
          Application 08/354,158                                                      




          “jewel” may be associated with its unlocking code 0425.  Taken in           
          its best light, the examiner's rejection must be reversed simply            
          because there is no displaying of converted confidential data per           
          se or displaying the scrambled data entry items among the various           
          independent claims 1, 6, 10 and 18 on appeal.  That being the               
          case, the examiner's rejection of the respective dependent claims           
          on each independent claim on appeal must also be reversed.                  
               In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner                 
          rejecting claims 1 and 3 through 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                
          reversed.                                                                   
                                        REVERSED                                      











                         James D. Thomas               )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )                            
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                         Jerry Smith                   ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )   APPEALS AND              

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