Appeal No. 2001-1137
Application No. 08/984,053
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a method and apparatus for formatting smart
cards and card readers. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 22, which is reproduced below.
22. A method for configuring a software tool interface, between a card
and a card reader, comprising:
accessing one of a plurality of card configuration records for
configuring a software tool interface to communicate with the card;
accessing one of a plurality of reader configuration records for
configuring the software tool interface to communicate with the card
reader; and
configuring the software tool interface, between the card and card
reader, for communicating with the card and card reader based upon the
respective accessed card and card reader configuration records.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Zuppicich WO 96/36051 Nov. 14, 1996
Clark et al., “BITS: A Smartcard Protected Operating System,” COMMUNICATIONS OF
THE ACM, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp. 66-70 and 94, Nov. 1994. (Clark)
Claims 22-29, 37, and 40-50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Zuppicich in view of Clark.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
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