Appeal No. 2003-0985
Application No. 09/221,665
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a system and method for secure transfer of
data between a workstation connected to a private network and a remote computer
connected to an unsecured network. A secure computer is inserted into the private
network to serve as a gateway to the unsecured network. Representative claim 1 is
reproduced below.
1. A system for transferring data between a workstation connected to an
internal network and a remote computer connected to an external network, the
system comprising:
an internal network interface connected to the internal network;
an external network interface connected to the external network, wherein
the external network interface includes means for encrypting data to be
transferred from the workstation to the remote computer; and
means for establishing an assured pipeline between said internal network
interface and said external network interface.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Aziz 5,416,842 May 16, 1995
(filed Jun. 10, 1994)
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Aziz.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 8) and the Examiner’s Answer (Paper
No. 16) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (Paper No. 15) and
the Reply Brief (Paper No. 18) for appellants’ position with respect to the claims which
stand rejected.
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