Ex Parte Ogino - Page 5

                Appeal 2007-1672                                                                                
                Application 09/966,540                                                                          


                claims clearly states that the wireless module is “configured to transmit                       
                through a privacy system, the privacy system comprising a secure                                
                mechanism for correlating an identifier of the electronic transaction device                    
                with a user authorized to use the electronic transaction device.”                               
                Accordingly, the claimed device interacts with the security system, it does                     
                not include it.                                                                                 
                       We are satisfied that claim 7 sets out and circumscribes a particular                    
                area with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity when read in                       
                light of the application disclosure as it would be interpreted by one of                        
                ordinary skill in the art.                                                                      


                       E. CONCLUSION OF LAW                                                                     
                       For the foregoing reason, we reverse the rejection of claims 7-13                        
                under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.                                                        


                Claims 1-4, 6-11, 13, 14, and 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) over Buckley.                         
                       Appellant states that the claims stand or fall together, with claim 1                    
                being representative (Appeal Br. 3).  Claim 1 reads as follows:                                 
                     1.  A transaction device comprising:                                                       
                       a sensor module configured to receive a product identification for a                     
                     product through a product tag; and                                                         
                       a communication module configured to transmit the product                                
                     identification and a device identifier associated with the transaction                     
                     device to a product server through a privacy server to obtain product                      

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