Ex Parte PITRODA - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2004-0297                                                        
          Application No. 09/265,451                                                  

          (specification, page 1).  Representative claim 48 reads as                  
          follows:                                                                    
               48. A pocket-sized device for storing, transmitting, and               
          receiving information, including personal information for a user            
          of the pocket-sized device, account information for accounts with           
          service institutions in which the user has an account, and                  
          transactional information for account with service institutions             
          in which the user has an account, for a plurality of service                
          institutions, comprising:                                                   
               a. a housing, adapted to fit in a pocket or purse;                     
               b. a processor, enclosed in the housing, the processor                 
          adapted to process personal information, account information and            
          transactional information;                                                  
               c. a touch-sensitive display, supported by the housing and             
          coupled to the processor;                                                   
               d. a memory, enclosed in the housing and coupled to the                
          processor, the memory adapted to store personal information,                
          account information, and transactional information, including a             
          plurality of transaction records; and                                       
               e. a communication circuit enclosed in the housing and                 
          coupled to the processor, the processor being adapted to conduct            
          electronic transactions for a plurality of accounts via the                 
          communication circuit.                                                      
                                   THE PRIOR ART                                      
               The references relied on by the examiner to support the                
          final rejection are:                                                        
          Tamada et al. (Tamada)              5,017,766      May  21, 1991            
          Danielson et al. (Danielson)        5,227,614      Jul. 13, 1993            
          Nemirofsky                          5,953,047      Sep. 14, 1999            
          Germain                            Re. 36,346      Oct. 19, 1999            
          Hale et al. (Hale)                WO 86/03869      Jul.  3, 1986            




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