Ex Parte SurfControl, Inc. et al - Page 2



                Appeal No. 2006-1084                                                                          
                Reexamination Control No. 90/006,334                                                          

           1                        References relied on by the Examiner                                      
           2    Abraham US 5,983,270  Nov. 9, 1999                                                            
           3    Cirasole US 5,987,606  Nov. 16, 1999                                                          
           4    Engel US 5,124,984  Jun. 23, 1992                                                             
           5    Shwed EP 658,837 A2  Jun. 21 1995                                                             
           6                                                                                                  
           7    Steven W. Lodin & Christoph L. Schuba, Firewalls Fend off Invasions From                      
           7 the Net, IEEE SPECTRUM, Feb. 1998, at 26-34.                                                     
           8                                                                                                  
           9                                                                                                  
                Lincoln D. Stein, Web Security:  A Step-By-Step Reference Guide 387                           
          10    (Addison-Wesley 1998) (1960).                                                                 
          11                                                                                                  
          12                                                                                                  
                W. Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated:  The Protocols 1-12, 29-30, 143-                      
          13    150 (Addison-Wesley 1994).                                                                    
          14                                                                                                  
          15                                                                                                  
          16                                 The Rejections on Appeal                                         
          17          The Examiner rejected claims 15-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                        
          18    paragraph, as being indefinite.                                                               
          19          The Examiner rejected claims 1, 4-12, and 14-15 under 35 U.S.C.                         
          20    § 102(e) as being anticipated by Abraham.                                                     
          21          The Examiner rejected claims 1, 4, 9 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)                    
          22    as being anticipated by Cirasole.                                                             
          23          The Examiner rejected claims 1-9, and 11-18 under 35 U.S.C.                             
          24    § 102(b) as being anticipated by Engel.                                                       
          25          The Examiner rejected claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                           
          26    unpatentable over Engle and Shwed.                                                            
          27          The Examiner rejected claims 2, 3 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
          28    being unpatentable over Abraham and Lodin.                                                    


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