The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
was not written for publication and is not binding precedent
of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GLENN BENSON and MARKUS DICHTL
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Appeal No. 2002-0617
Application 08/942,743
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HEARD: February 13, 2003
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Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 3 through 8 and 10 through 46, all the claims pending
in the instant application. Claims 2, 9 and 47 through 60 have
been canceled.
The invention relates to mechanisms for protecting software
against unauthorized copying. See page 1 of Appellants’
specification. Appellants disclose that one of the problems of
the prior art zero-knowledge protocol is protecting the private
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