Appeal No. 2006-2083
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,352
300 all interconnected via telecommunication lines (column 6, lines 4-6). It is also not
disputed by the patentee that in Ohta’s system the electronic cash comprises data that
includes a unique serial number and a digital signature for verification purposes.
The requirements of the claimed creating means, transmitting means, receiving
means, and confirming means are all considered met except for the features (1) that in
Ohta’s system the electronic cash is not commodity-based on an inventory of commodity
held in storage in a secure facility, and (2) that Ohta’s electronic cash does not identify a
specified amount of the valuable commodity in storage.
Because Ohta’s electronic cash is not commodity-based, the features of claim 1
regarding a secure facility for storing a valuable commodity, an inventory of stored
commodity, a means for maintaining records of the amount of inventory of the stored
commodity, and the requirement that the amount of electronic cash is less than or equal
to the amount of inventory of stored commodity are not satisfied.
According to the examiner, the combination of Ohta and the silver certificate
makes up for all of the above-noted deficiencies of Ohta. We agree.
The silver certificate is a bearer instrument and is also a paper certificate. As is
recognized by the appellant, the certificate states:
This certifies that there have been deposited in the Treasury of
The United States of America
Five Silver Dollars
payable to the bearer on demand
This certificate is receivable
for all public dues and when
so received may be reissued
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