Appeal No. 1998-1926
Application 08/333,829
is affixed to the document or the transaction [final
rejection, page 2].
Appellant argues that Stambler does not teach a method
for authenticating a unique article or an original work of
authorship. Appellant also argues that Stambler has no
verification certificate, and Stambler does not encrypt input
data including data representative of a unique identification
number fixed to a surface of a substantially unforgeable
document [brief, pages 7-10].
The examiner responds that a substantially unforgeable
document includes personal checks which are within the
definition as set forth in appellant’s specification [answer,
pages 5-6]. Appellant responds that the examiner has ignored
a portion of the definition set forth in his specification
which would preclude conventional personal checks [reply
brief].
We agree partially with appellant’s position. As
pointed out by appellant, the specification describes a
substantially unforgeable document as “any unique certificate,
charter, license, chronicle, record, deed, draft, bill, or the
like, which has been produced in a manner to prevent, inhibit,
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