The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of
the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SRINIVASAN KESHAV
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Appeal No. 1998-1926
Application 08/333,829
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative
Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-20, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for authenticating a unique article by creating a
unique data signature for the article.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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