Appeal No. 1999-2849
Application No. 08/690,966
money, name cards and short text is stored in an integrated
circuit.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
A pocket-size information transfer apparatus including
two insertion slots into which IC cards for storing electronic
information are inserted and reads and writes the electronic
information in the two IC cards inserted into the insertion
slots to thereby transfer the electronic information stored in
the two IC cards, comprising:
two insertion slots provided in an owner side and an
other party side respectively, and an IC card operation unit
for reading and writing electronic information between two IC
cards inserted into said two insertion slots in mutually
different depths.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Fujita et al. (Fujita) 4,774,399 Sep. 27,
1988
Kawana 5,010,237 Apr. 23,
1991
Rovin 5,049,728 Sep. 17,
1991
Storck et al. (Storck) 5,434,395 Jul. 18,
1995
Claims 1 through 7, 9 through 11 and 13 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Storck.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Storck in view of Kawana.
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