Ex parte IGELMUND - Page 2




               Appeal No. 1999-0653                                                                       Page 2                 
               Application No. 08/226,564                                                                                        


                                                       BACKGROUND                                                                
                      The appellant's invention relates to security devices for portable equipment and, more                     
               specifically, to devices used to prevent theft of computers and other office equipment                            
               (specification, page 1) as well as a method of using such devices (claims 15-17).  Further                        
               understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 9,                         
               which appear in the appendix to the appellant's brief, and claim 15, a copy of which is attached                  
               to this decision.                                                                                                 
                      The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed                   
               claims are:                                                                                                       
               Schou                                        1,470,937                      Oct. 16, 1923                         
               Murray, Jr. et al. (Murray)                  5,502,989                      Apr. 2, 19962                         

                      The following rejections are before us for review.3                                                        
                      Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, on the basis that the                     
               specification fails to adequately teach how to make and/or use the invention.                                     



                      1(...continued)                                                                                            
               claims 1, 2 and 15 was added in the answer.                                                                       
                      2This patent, which issued on application No. 08/307,113, filed September 16, 1994, is a division of       
               application No. 08/138,634, filed October 15, 1993, which issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,000,251 on December 14,     
               1999.                                                                                                             
                      3The rejections of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, claims 1, 6, 9 and 14 under           35
               U.S.C. § 102(e) and claims 10 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) or 103 set forth in the final rejection have been   
               withdrawn (answer, pages 4, 5, 10, 12 and 13).                                                                    







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