Appeal No. 2006-0910
Application No. 09/725,821
Ober et al. (Ober) 6,708,273 Mar. 16, 2004
(filed Feb. 25, 1999)
Bruce Schneier (Schneier), Applied Cryptography: Protocols,
Algorithms and Source Code in C, 436-41, (2nd ed., New York, John
Wiley & Sons, 1996).
Claims 1-8 and 14-18, all of the appealed claims, stand
finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of
obviousness, the Examiner offers the combination of Ober, Childs,
Schneier, Turner, and Batcher with respect to claims 1-7, 14, 15,
17, and 18, adds Niehaus to the basic combination with respect to
claim 8, and adds Masaki to the basic combination with respect to
claim 16.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs1 and Answer for their
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,
the rejections advanced by the Examiner and the evidence of
obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the
rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
1 The Appeal Brief was filed August 19, 2004. In response to the
Examiner’s Answer mailed November 22, 2004, a Reply Brief was filed
January 28, 2005 which was acknowledged and entered by the Examiner as
indicated in the communication mailed March 9, 2005.
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