Appeal No. 1999-0477 Page 9
Application No. 08/571,236
Turning to Moreno, we find that (col. 1, lines 5-7)
Moreno discloses a system for storing and transmitting data in
a confidential manner. Specifically, Moreno discloses (col.
2, lines 50-56 and col. 4, lines 25-31) that in order to
prevent fraudulent use of the portable article (card), the
portable article 50 contains a programmable memory store 1 and
an identification circuit (Figure 1) for comparing the
enabling data in the store with confidential information
introduced into the transfer device (Figure 2) by a person in
possession of the portable article. In addition, Moreno
discloses (col. 4, lines 60-62) that before any operation, the
confidential code must be introduced into the portable article
by the transfer device. Moreno further discloses (col. 5,
lines 7-12) that control means 56 “ensures that the different
operating sequences . . . proceed in the proper manner.”
However, control means 56 is part of the transfer device
(Figure 2), and not part of the chip card.
Accordingly, even if we considered the identification circuit
of portable article 50 of Moreno to be a processor, we find
that Moreno does not disclose a chip card which includes a
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