Appeal No. 2002-0l08
Application No.09/200,981
an authorizer that compares the transmitted personal
information of the card owner with the stored personal
information on the database and produces an authorization signal
if the transmitted personal information matches the stored
information on the database, thereby to give the client terminal
user an access to said computer of said server,
wherein said server does not receive any information from
the client terminal if the authenticator determines that the
sensed fingerprint information of the client terminal user does
not match with the stored fingerprint information of the card
owner.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Fujieda et al. [Fujieda] 5,446,290 Aug. 29, 1995
Lane 5,623,552 Apr. 22, 1997
Maes et al. [Maes] 6,016,476 Jan. 18, 2000
(filed Jan. 16, 1998)
Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Lane and Maes with
regard to claims 1-3 and 5-8, adding Fujieda with regard to claim
4.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
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