Appeal No. 2006-0933
Application No. 09/740,400
limitations. RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730
F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir.); cert. dismissed,
468 U.S. 1228 (1984); W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc. v. Garlock,
Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1554, 220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed. Cir. 1983),
cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984)
With respect to the appealed independent claims 1, 20, and 39,
the Examiner attempts to read the various limitations on the
disclosure of He. In particular, the Examiner (Answer, page 3)
points to various portions of column 13 of He which is a
description of the illustration in Figure 10 of He.
Appellants’ arguments in response assert that the Examiner has
not shown how each of the claimed features are present in the
disclosure of He so as to establish a case of anticipation.
Appellants’ arguments (Brief, pages 12-16; Reply Brief, pages 2-4)
primarily focus on the contention that, in contrast to the claimed
invention, He does not provide a disclosure of changing a single
sign-on password to create a second single sign-on password.
After reviewing the He reference in light of the arguments of
record, we are in general agreement with Appellants’ position as
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