Appeal No. 2002-2128
Application No. 08/793,984
wherein the first portable memory device is accessible
independent of the second memory device, and the full set of
unique, personal data belonging to a single owner is accessible
only when the first portable memory device is used in combination
with the second portable memory device and only after a positive
authorization and authentication process is performed through said
authorization checking device.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art reference:
Watanabe 4,709,136 Nov. 24, 1987
Claims 43-51 and 53-84 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Watanabe.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs2 and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the
rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments in support of the
rejection and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
Examiner as support for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed
and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s
arguments set forth in the Briefs along with the Examiner’s
2 The Appeal Brief was filed August 9, 2001 (Paper No. 20). In response
to the Examiner’s Answer dated October 23, 2001 (Paper No. 21), a Reply Brief
was filed December 26, 2001 (Paper No. 22), which was acknowledged and entered
by the Examiner as indicated in the communication dated February 12, 2002
(Paper No. 23).
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