The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007