Ex Parte SCHEIDT et al - Page 1



              The opinion in support of the decision being entered                  
              today was not written for publication in a law journal                
              and is not binding precedent of the Board.                            
                                                             Paper No. 20           

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                                                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                                                                   
                     Ex parte EDWARD M. SCHEIDT and C. JAY WACK                     
                                                                                   
                                Appeal No. 2002-0121                                
                             Application No. 09/023,672                             
                                                                                   
                                      ON BRIEF                                      
                                                                                   
         Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges.           
         KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of              
         claims 1, 2, 35, 36 and 66.  Claims 3-34, 37-65 and 67-69 have             
         been indicated by the examiner (answer-page 3) as being directed           
         to allowable subject matter and are no longer on appeal before             
         us.                                                                        
              The invention is directed to cryptographic systems.  More             
         particularly, the invention relates to formulating cryptographic           
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