Appeal 2007-1736
Application 10/979,129
scanning a face of the person to obtain a facial image;
comparing the facial image with the retrieved face print; and
at a second checkpoint, re-reading the RFID device and comparing the
re-read RFID device with the information read at the first checkpoint.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Suzuki US 5,801,763 Sep. 1, 1998
Mays US 6,275,157 B1 Aug. 14, 2001
Ritter US 6,657,538 B1 Dec. 2, 2003
(filed Sep. 28, 1999)
Calvesio US 6,867,683 B2 Mar. 15, 2005
(filed Dec. 28, 2000)
1. Claims 1, 3, 5-8, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25, and 26 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Calvesio in view of Ritter.
2. Claims 2, 9-15, 19, and 22-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over Calvesio in view of Ritter and further in view of
Mays.
3. Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over Calvesio in view of Ritter and further in view of Suzuki.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we
refer to the Briefs and the Answer for their respective details. In this
decision, we have considered only those arguments actually made by
Appellants. Arguments which Appellants could have made but did not make
in the Briefs have not been considered and are deemed to be waived. See 37
C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii).
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