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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALBERTO FERNANDEZ
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Appeal No. 2004-0007
Application No. 09/844,105
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4 and
26-43, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We REVERSE and REMAND.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a system for electronically storing and
retrieving value related information on a portable card (specification, page 1). As a
security feature, appellant’s system also stores a reference fingerprint corresponding to
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