Appeal No. 2005-0074
Application No. 09/739,080
identification cards, which device includes a hardware component,
a network adapter, and a web client (Brief, page 2). Appellants
state that each claim stands alone (except claims 35 and 36 which
stand or fall together)(Brief, page 4). To the extent appellants
present reasonably specific, substantive arguments for the
separate patentability of individual claims, we consider these
claims separately. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(8)(2002); In re
McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379, 1383, 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465 (Fed. Cir.
2002). Representative independent claim 33 is reproduced below:
33. An identification card personalization device
comprising:
at least one hardware component selected from a
group consisting of a print mechanism for printing
onto a card and a lamination mechanism for
laminating the card;
a network adapter connectable to a network; and
a web client for subscribing to data on the network.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
D’Entremont et al. (D’Entremont) 5,646,388 Jul. 08, 1997
Watanabe 5,717,776 Feb. 10, 1998
Knowlton et al. (Knowlton) 5,973,692 Oct. 26, 1999
Provost 6,335,799 B1 Jan. 01, 2002
(filed Jan. 21, 1993)
Business Wire, Inc., “OrdaCard announces new Internet based high
volume secured photo ID card production services,” (OrdaCard),
Oct. 23, 1998.
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