Ex Parte Hayduk et al - Page 2

                Appeal 2007-1842                                                                             
                Application 09/948,889                                                                       

                      Appellants' invention relates generally to the provision of security                   
                services for wireless devices.  Claim 7 is illustrative of the claimed                       
                invention, and it reads as follows:                                                          
                      7. A wireless system comprising:                                                       
                            a processor; and                                                                 
                            a storage coupled to said processor, said storage storing a                      
                separately accessible protocol stack and a security services module, said                    
                protocol stack to obtain security services from the security services module,                
                said security services module to select from at least two available security                 
                services in response to a request for security services.                                     
                      The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in                      
                rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                           
                Schell US 5,933,503  Aug. 03, 1999                                                           
                Sjödin US 6,097,948  Aug. 01, 2000                                                           
                Hale US 2002/0144150 A1  Oct. 03, 2002                                                       
                                                                (filed Apr. 03, 2001)                        
                      Claims 7, 10, 13, 21, 22, and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                        
                § 102(e) as being anticipated by Hale.                                                       
                      Claims 11, 12, 23, and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                      
                being unpatentable over Hale in view of Schell.                                              
                      Claims 9, 14, 16, 19, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                   
                being unpatentable over Hale in view of Sjödin.                                              
                      Claims 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                         
                unpatentable over Hale in view of Sjödin and Schell.                                         
                      We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed January 3, 2007) and to                      
                Appellants' Brief (filed April 4, 2006) and Reply Brief (filed February 8,                   
                2007) for the respective arguments.                                                          

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