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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next
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