Appeal No. 2000-0225
Application 08/677,543
that in In re Lowry, the court noted that Lowry does not seek to
patent the data model in the abstract, but seeks to patent a data
structure that imposes a physical organization of data that
supports specific data manipulation functions. See, In re Lowry,
at 1034. We note that Appellant’s claim 19 recites “[a]
recording, comprising . . .”. Appellant’s claim 19 further
recites “a first recording area for recording key storage
information.” Claim 19 further recites that “a second recording
area for recording an enciphered signal . . . .” Thus, the claim
is directed to a recording medium comprising areas in which
functional data is storage to support specific data manipulation
functions in that the arrangement supports retrieval of data in
order that facilitates enciphering recorded information to
prevent copying.
Therefore, we find that Appellant has set forth an article
of manufacture and thereby meets the requirements of 35 U.S.C.
§ 101.
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