Appeal No. 1998-3332 Page 9
Application No. 08/643,961
the magnetic stripe, which stores the code, is separate from
the stripe (13).
Furthermore, the examiner fails to identify a sufficient
suggestion to combine the AAPA with Nathans. As
aforementioned, Nathans’ stripe is already scrambled, which
makes it secure. It is unclear that the scrambled stripe
would benefit from subsequent encryption. In addition,
Nathans explains that its descramble code need not be
encrypted. Specifically, “recording the descramble code upon
the card, even without encrypting it, does not substantially
compromize [sic] security ....” Col. 3, ll. 12-14. Relying
on Lee and Silverman merely to “show the storage of personal
information which is readable by a person in addition to being
stored in a machine readable form[,]” (Examiner’s Answer at
5), and on Bonicalzi and Petajan merely to show the use of
grey scale, (id.), the examiner fails to allege, let alone
show, that the addition of the reference cures the deficiency
of Nathans and AAPA.
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