Appeal No. 2002-0617
Application 08/942,743
Davis,2 D. et al., “Cryptographic Randomness from Air
Turbulence in Disk Drive”, Advances in Cryptology: Crypto
‘94, Springer Verlag, pp 114-120.
Menezes,3 A. et al., Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC
Press, pp 405-424, 1997.
Rosen, N.D., Examiner’s Affidavit, June 11, 1999
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 3, 4, 10 through 16, 18, 25, 37 and 41 through 46
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Kanevsky in view of Menezes. Claim 5 stands rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanevsky, and Menezes
in view of Hellman. Claims 6 through 8 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanevsky, Menezes, and
Hellman in view of Davis. Claim 40 stands rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kanevsky, and Menezes
in view of Linsker. Claims 1, 3, 4, 10 through 18, 37 and 41
through 46 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
2 The information for this reference was provided in the
Information disclosure Statement filed June 4, 1998 (paper No.
5). We presume the year is 1994.
3 The Examiner has not established that this reference was
published before the Appellants’ October 2, 1997, because the
published date just shows that it was published in 1997.
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