Appeal No. 2006-1734
Application 09/855,624
information for security purposes for communications to occur on a
bidirectional basis. Since the artisan would well appreciate from the
teachings in Aziz and Crowle that communications in a bidirectional basis
and a network environment occur on a packet switched basis, the
updatability and matching requirements of the claims on appeal will also be
conveyed through packetized data techniques. As to independent claim 15,
because Aziz already teaches the need for authentication and validation
within a secure communication environment between a host computer and a
client when operating in a secure environment, the features of independent
claim 15 would have been obvious within Aziz and Crowle as well.
The responsive arguments portion of the answer mentions two
dictionary references of record that the examiner relies on to prove the
existence of packet switching, which are remarked upon by appellants
beginning at the bottom of page 1 of the reply brief. Although these appear
to be new documents, they are not grounds for characterizing the examiner’s
positions as setting forth a new ground of rejection. These dictionary
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