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`November 28, 2017
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`Examiner Immanuel (P# 469-295-9094)
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`Isidora.Immanuel@USPTO.gov
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`John Spangenberger (P#: 617-395-7030)
`John Anastasi (P#: 617-395-7001)
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`Application No.:
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`14/071,126
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`Our Docket No.: W0537-701321
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`Message: Below is a proposed Agenda for the Telephone Interview for Wednesday, November 29th,
`2017 at 1:00 pm. EST:
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`Applicant’s representatives would like to discuss the rejections made in the most recent Office
`Action under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 103, and 112. In particular, Applicant’s representatives would like to
`discuss the following:
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`Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 101
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`Applicant’s representative is unaware of any precedent which has held encryption-related
`claims patent-ineligible. To the contrary, Applicant's representative referred in its
`response to the most recent Office Action two decisionsl' 2 which held encryption-related
`claims to be patent-eligible. Applicant’s representative would like to review the claims
`and discuss further why the claims as previously presented are patent-eligible in view of
`the remarks made in the cited decisions, which emphasized that encryption-related
`claims are patent-eligible.
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`Applicant’s representative would like to discuss why the claims are directed to an abstract
`idea in view of DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P., which found the claims at issue to
`be patent-eligible in part because “the claimed solution is necessarily rooted in computer
`technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer
`networks." 773 F.3d at 1257. Similarly, the claims are directed to a problem which arises
`specifically in the realm of computer networks and are therefore patent-eligible.
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`Applicant’s representative would like to discuss that even if the claims are considered to
`be directed to an abstract idea, the arrangement of elements recited in the claims
`renders the claims patent-eligible. As discussed in BASCOM Global Internet v. AT&T
`Mobility LLC3, even though the high-level concept of content filtering was known, the
`elements were arranged to address problems specific to an Internet context. Similarly,
`the present application details how the arrangement of elements provides a system
`which is resistant to malicious actors who attempt to fraudulently access remotely-
`transmitted data.
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`Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`The Applicant's representative would like to discuss the Examiner's assertions that
`Gullman teaches the claimed element of “a user interface configured to receive a user
`input including authentication information known to the user and information indicative
`of a secure operation to be executed (column 4, line 3-8, 39-64 [of Gullman]).” (Office
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`which refer to a biometric security apparatus 14 which includes a biometric
`sensor, an on/off switch, and a display, none of which are “configured to
`receive... authentication information known to the user" or “information
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`indicative of a secure operation to be executed.”
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`Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 112
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`o Applicant’s representative would appreciate clarification of the rejection made in section
`48 on page 18 of the Office Action.
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`John Anastasi (Reg. No.: 37,765)
`John Spangenberger (Reg. No.: 76,607)
`Examiner Immanuel
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`1On pages 12-13 of the most recent response, Applicant’s representative cited Paone v.
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`Broadcom Corp., which held that “it would require an overly broad view of the Supreme Court's § 101
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`jurisprudence to find that a patent directed at a method of encryption does not claim eligible subject
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`matter per se, as long as it is specific enough... [I]n m, Judge Bryson rejected the notion that the
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`claimed encryption method was a 'mental process’ineligible under [Gottschalk], because ‘the
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`invention involves a several-step manipulation of data that, except perhaps in its most simplistic form,
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`could not conceivably be performed in the human mind or with pencil and paper.ll 2015 U.S.
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`Dist. LEXIS 109725 (2015), citing TQP Dev., LLC v. Intuit Inc., 2014 0.5. Dist. LEXIS 20077 (2014).
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`2On page 13 of the most recent response, Applicant’s representative cited TQP Dev., LLC v. Intuit
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`E, which held that “that “[t]ypically, transforming data from one form to another does not qualify as
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`the kind of transformation that the Supreme Court in M regarded as an important indicator of patent
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`eligibility... In the case ofan invention in the field of encryption, however; the entire object of
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`the invention is to transform data from one form into another that will be recognizable by the
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`intended recipient but secure against decryption by unintended recipients. In that setting, it does not
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`make sense to say that the transformation of data from one form to another cannot qualify
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`as a patent-eligible invention, because that is what the field of cryptology is all about ” 2014
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`US. Dist. LEXIS 20077 (2014).
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`3“...the claims [do not] preempt all ways of filtering content on the Internet; rather, they
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`recite a specific, discrete implementation of the abstract idea of filtering content.
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`Filtering content on the Internet was already a known concept, and the patent describes how its
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`particular arrangement of elements is a technical
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`improvement over prior art ways of
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`filtering such content. As explained earlier, prior art filters were either susceptible to
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`hacking and dependent on local hardware and software, or confined to an inflexible one-size-fits-
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`all scheme.... [T]he claims may [therefore] be read to ‘improve[] an existing technological
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`process.’ [...] [A]lthough the invention in the ‘606 patent is engineered in the content of filtering
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`content, the invention is not claiming the idea of filtering content simply applied to the
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`Internet. The ‘606 patent is instead claiming a technology-based solution (not an abstract-
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`idea-based solution implemented with generic technical components in a conventional way) to
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`filter content on the Internet that overcomes existing problems with other Internet
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`filtering systems....
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`[T]he claimed invention represents a ‘software-based invention[]
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`improve[s] the performance of the computer system itself.” BASCOM Global Internet v. AT&T
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`Mobilllfl LLC, 827 F.3d at 1350-51 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF CONINJERCE
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`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`14/071,126
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`11/04/2013
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`Kenneth P. Weiss
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`W0537-701321
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`3814
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`LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP
`ONE MAIN STREET, SUITE 1100
`CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142
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`EMMANUEL ISIDORAI
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`ART UNIT
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`3685
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/05/2017
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
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`docketing@LALaw.com
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`PTOL-QOA (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant-lnitiatedInterview Summary
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`Application
`No.
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`14/071,126
`Examiner
`ISIDORA |
`IMMANUEL
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`to File) Status
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`Applicant(s)
`Weiss, Kenneth P.
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`AIA (First Inventor
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`All participants (applicant, applicants representative, PTO personnel):
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`1. ISIDORAI |MMANUEL(Examiner); Telephonic
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`2. JOHN SPANGENBERGER(Attorney); Telephonic
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`3. JOHN ANASTASI(Attorney); Telephonic
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`Date of Interview: 29 November 2017
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`Claims Discussed: Discussed claim 40, 101 rejection, overall claimed idea and claim language.
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`Brief Description of the main topic(s) of discussion: Discussed 101 and the use of encryptions in 101 rejections
`. Discussed case law and Applicant's argument for encryption overcoming the 101 rejection. No agreements
`reach ed.
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`Issues Discussed:
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`ltem(s) under 35 U.S.C. 101:
`Discussed case law and encrypting
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`Attachmentls): Agenda,
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3685
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`IJAMES D NIGHI
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3685
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`Applicant is reminded that a complete written statement as to the substance of the interview must be made of record in
`the application file. It is the applicants responsibility to provide the written statement, unless the interview was initiated
`by the Examiner and the Examiner has indicated that a written summary will be provided. See MPEP 713.04
`Please further see:
`MPEP 713.04
`Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 1.133 Interviews, paragraph (b)
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`37 CFR § 1.2 Business to be transacted in writing
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`US. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL—413l413b (Rev. 01/01/2015)
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`Interview Summary
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`Paper No. 20171129
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`Applicant recordation instructions: The formal written reply to the last Office action must include the substance of the
`interview. (See MPEP section 713.04). If a reply to the last Office action has already been filed, applicant is given a
`non-extendable period of the longer of one month or thirty days from this interview date, or the mailing date of this
`interview summary form, whichever is later, to file a statement of the substance of the interview
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`Examiner recordation instructions: Examiners must summarize the substance of any interview of record. A complete
`and proper recordation of the substance of an interview should include the items listed in MPEP 713.04 for complete
`and proper recordation including the identification of the general thrust of each argument or issue discussed, a general
`indication of any other pertinent matters discussed regarding patentability and the general results or outcome of the
`interview, to include an indication as to whether or not agreement was reached on the issues raised.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`14/071,126
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`11/04/2013
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`Kenneth P. Weiss
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`W0537-701321
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`3814
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`LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP
`ONE MAIN STREET, SUITE 1100
`CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142
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`EMMANUEL ISIDORAI
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`ART UNIT
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`3685
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`09/1 5/2017
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOL-QOA (Rev. 04/07)
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`017709 A0110” Summary
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`Application No.
`14/071,126
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`Examiner
`ISIDORAI IMMANUEL
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`Applicant(s)
`Weiss, Kenneth P.
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`Art Unit
`3685
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`AIA Status
`No
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`- The MAILING DA TE ofthis communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address -
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTHS FROM THE MAILING
`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`- Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 07/06/2017
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`D A declaration(s)laffidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
`2a)[:| This action is FINAL.
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)|:| An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)I:| Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparfe Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims"
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`5). Claim(s) 21-49 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above Claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:| Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`7). Claim(s) 21-49 is/are rejected.
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`8)[:| Claim(s)
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`is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
`9)I:| Claim(s)
`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
`participating intellectual propeity office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`http:llwww.usptogovlpatents/init events/pphlindexjsp or send an inquiry to PPeredback@uspto.gov.
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`Application Papers
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`10)l:| The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`is/are: a)[:| accepted or b)|:l objected to by the Examiner.
`11)l:| The drawing(s) filed on
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)|:| Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or ( ).
`Certified copies:
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`a)|:l All
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`b)|:l Some**
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`c)|:l None of the:
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3.|:| Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) D Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTOISBIOSa andfor PTOISBIOBb)
`Paper No(s)lMail Date
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) |:| Interview Summary (PTO—413)
`Paper No(s)fMail Date
`4) D Other'
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`PTOL-325 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper NoJMail Date 20170905
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Acknowledgements
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`4.
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`5.
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`This office action is in response to the claims filed 07/06/2017.
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`Claims 1-20 are cancelled.
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`Claims 21, 30, 32, 34-37, 40, 41 and 44 are amendment.
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`Claims 21-49 are pending.
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`Claims 21-49 have been examined.
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`Notice of Pre-A/A or AM Status
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`6.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`7.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application afterfinal rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`07/06/2017 has been entered.
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`Response to AmendmenflArguments
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`8.
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`Applicant's arguments filed 07/06/2017 have been fully considered but they are
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`not persuasive.
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`10.
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`Applicant’s claims recite “receiving... information... receiving...biometric
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`data...authenticating an identity... generating...a non-predictable value and encrypted
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`authentication information and
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`communicating the encrypted authentication
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`information
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`First, the limitations of the method claims do not require a computer to
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`execute them, a person can carry out the steps, for example a person can verify a
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`user’s biometric identity, provide an unpredictable value and an encryption is a
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`mathematical operation that can be performed by a person. Secondly, even with a
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`computer, the computer would be performing conventional functions of a computer such
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`as sending, receiving, comparing and calculating information. Applicant is of the opinion
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`that a biometric authentication cannot be done by "a human mind", but facial or voice
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`recognition are just some examples of biometric authentications performed daily by the
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`“human mind”. There is no demonstration of an improvement or enhancement to the
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`particular technological environment.
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`11. L
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`Applicant makes the argument “the language used by the Examiner is not an
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`accurate quotation of the limitations of previously-presented claim I], and the rejection is
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`therefore moot.” Applicant does not explain what language is not an “accurate
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`quotation.” Applicant does not address a lot of the rejections and concludes the claims
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`to be “clear and accurate as written.”
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`13.
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`“When examining computer-implemented functional claims, examiners should
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`determine whether the specification discloses the computer and the algorithm (e.g., the
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`necessary steps and/or flowcharts) that perform the claimed function in sufficient detail
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`such that one of ordinary skill in the art can reasonably conclude that the inventor
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`invented the claimed subject matter”. See MPEP 2161.01. There is no disclosed
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`“system”, in the electronic device that is configured to enact the multiple acts claimed by
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`the limitations, the specification also provides no support for a definition of a “secure
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`operation”, examples of the claimed secure operation nor does it mention a words
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`“secure operation”.
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`14.
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`Applicant actually makes an argument that "it is unclear what the Examiner is
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`attempting to convey... the claims are clear and accurate as written.” To address this
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`argument the rejection has been expanded upon.
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`15.
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`Claim 21 is directed towards “an electronic device...”, dependent claims for
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`example, Claim 34 is directed towards “an electronic device...” but recites "the
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`electronic ID device is configured to not. . ..” The claim recites “the entry of the user
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`input” is not permitted while simultaneously reciting that the biometric input has been
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`received. The only “entry of the user input” made was a secret authentication
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`information, “the entry of the user input” alludes to a past entry. It is therefore unclear as
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`to whether the “entry” is to be viewed as the receiving of the biometric input or a
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`different operation not present in the claim or there is a mistake and Applicant failed to
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`allude to a future entry of the user input. The claims are unclear and not accurate
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`because as written "the entry of the user input" alludes to a past entry. The Applicant
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`has consistently differentiated between biometric input and user input and the phrase
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`“the entry of the user input" alludes to one specific use. Clarification is needed. The
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`limitation remains unclear, the rejection stands.
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`16. g
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`17.
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`In response to applicant’s argument that there is no teaching, suggestion, or
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`motivation to combine the references, the examiner recognizes that obviousness may
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`be established by combining or modifying the teachings of the prior art to produce the
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`claimed invention where there is some teaching, suggestion, or motivation to do so
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`found either in the references themselves or in the knowledge generally available to one
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`of ordinary skill in the art. See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 5 USPQ2d 1596 (Fed. Cir.
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`1988), In re Jones, 958 F.2d 347, 21 USPQ2d 1941 (Fed. Cir. 1992), and KSR
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`International Co. v. TeIeerx, Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007).
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`In this case,
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`it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention
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`to combine the teachings of Gullman to Maritzen. Applicant’s proposed invention
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`teaches a user device is configured to allow a user to select any one of a plurality of
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`accounts associated with the user to employ in a financial transaction. In one
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`embodiment, the user device includes a biometric sensor configured to receive a
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`biometric input provided by the user, for authenticating identity or verifying the identity of
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`individuals and other entities seeking access to certain privileges and for selectively
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`granting privileges. Gullman teaches a security apparatus receives a biometric input
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`from a user, if access to such system is permitted the user is allowed to perform an
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`electronic funds transfer. Maritzen teaches that the invention allows a consumer to
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`utilize a game console to conduct secure transactions and authenticate the identity of
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`the consumer using the game console. Both art utilize Ple, and Gullman does not
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`teach away from the use of PINs as Applicant claims. Gullman says “in an exemplary
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`embodiment of the invention, the biometric security mechanism is an integrated circuit
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`card including a processing unit, memory and a biometric sensor. The memory stores a
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`template of the authorized user‘s biometric information, along with a verification
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`algorithm. Upon entry of the cardholder's biometric information, the processor executes
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`the verification algorithm. The verification algorithm uses the template data, the
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`biometric input, a fixed code (i.e., PIN, embedded serial number, account number)" and
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`also "for a successful biometric entry or where the user is not informed of a failed
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`biometric entry, the correlation factor is combined with a fixed code (i.e., PIN,
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`embedded serial number, account number)“ (column 2, line 48-65, column 4, line 3-11).
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`Applicant also argues that Gullman does not recite "receiving or requesting a PIN from a
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`user....” This argued limitation is not within the entered claims for this particular
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`application. Although the claims are interpreted in light of the specification, limitations
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`from the specification are not read into the claims. See In re Van Geuns, 988
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`F.2d 1181, 26 USPQZd 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1993).
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`18.
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`Applicant repeatedly makes the argument “Examiner has omitted limitations” but
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`there are no limitations not found within the rejections nor does Applicant actually show
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`where or what limitations are missing. Applicant again argues that the combination of
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`Gullman and Maritzen does not teach “a user interface...” As explained in what
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`Gullman and Maritzen teach and imported from their abstracts and fields of invention,
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`Gullman‘s user, inputs information gain to access so the user is allowed to perform an
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`electronic funds transfer. Specifically, Gullman says "the biometric security mechanism
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`14 generates a security token which the user inputs to the access device 12," (Figure 1;
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`column 4, line 1-20). Gullman explicitly says the user inputs the information to the
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`access device. Maritzen’s secure operation to be executed is for a consumer to utilize a
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`game console to conduct secure transactions. Maritzen also teaches a user interface (1]
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`28) saying "A variety of user interfaces may be used. In one embodiment, and input
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`device may be incorporated on the transaction device. Alternately, a supplemental input
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`device may be coupled to the transaction device. In one embodiment, an input device
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`may be provided on a digital wallet coupled to a privacy card. User inputs may be
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`provided on the point-of-sale terminals including a personal point-of—sale terminal.”
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`Examiner’s Comments
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`19.
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`Regarding claim 21, with respect to claim language "sensor configured to
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`receive...”, “interface configured to receive...”, “interface configured to communicate...",
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`“processor configured to generate... to encrypt
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`to communicate...”, claim 22,
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`“transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit
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`claim 23, “the system. . .configured to
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`transmit... to receive
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`to perform...”, claim 24, “system configured to perform...”, claim
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`25, “interface configured to display options for purchase”, claim 26, “interface configured
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`further configured to manage...”, claim 29, “interface configured to initiate... ,
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`if
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`system
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`configured to execute...’, claim 30, “system configured to execute...", claim 31,
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`“software for authentication...”, claim 33, “device to authenticate...”, claim 37, “operation
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`that acts to modify...’, claim 38, “memory is configured to store... , processor is
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`configured to generate... , processor to generate...", and claim 39, “system configured
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`to execute...", recites intended use and therefore does not have patentable weight. See
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`MPEP 2114.
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`20.
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`Regarding claim 21, the language “programmed such that...”, claim 37, “the data
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`such that...” is a result and therefore has not patentable weight ( Minton v. Nat’I Ass’n of
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`Securities Dealers, Inc., 336 F.3d 1373, 1381, 67 USPQ2d 1614, 1620 (Fed. Cir. 2003))
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`that a “‘whereby clause in a method claim is not given weight when it simply expresses
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`the intended result of a process step positively recited.” See MPEP 2111.04.
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`21.
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`Regarding claim 35, “information... includes a ...", are nonfunctional descriptive
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`material and therefore do not have patentable weight. See In re GuIack, 217 USPQ 401
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`(Fed. Cir. 1983), In re Ngai, 70 USPQ2d (Fed. Cir. 2004), In re Lowry, 32 USPQ2d 1031
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`(Fed. Cir. 1994); MPEP 2111.05 Ill.
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`22.
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`Regarding claim 40, the language “provided to...”, and claim 49, “user initiates...”
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`does not disclose a positively recited step and therefore does not patentable weight.
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`See MPEP 2111.04.
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`23.
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`Regarding claim 43, “entering, via the electronic ID device
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`if the identity...",
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`similarly, claim 45, “a selected one..." is optional and conditional language and therefore
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`does not have patentable weight. See MPEP 2103(l)(c).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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`24.
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`35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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`Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or
`composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent
`therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
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`25.
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`Claims 21-49 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is
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`directed to non-statutory subject matter.
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`Subject Matter Eligibility Standard
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`26. When considering subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101, it must be
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`determined whether the claim is directed to one of the four statutory categories of
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`invention, i.e., process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter.
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`If the claim
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`does fall within one of the statutory categories, it must then be determined whether the
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`claim is directed to a judicial exception (i.e., law of nature, natural phenomenon, and
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`abstract idea), and if so, it must additionally be determined whether the claim is a
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`patent-eligible application of the exception.
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`If an abstract idea is present in the claim,
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`any element or combination of elements in the claim must be sufficient to ensure that
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`the claim amounts to significantly more than the abstract idea itself. Examples of
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`abstract ideas include fundamental economic practices; certain methods of organizing
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`human activities; an idea itself; and mathematical relationships/formulas. (Alice
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`Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al. US Supreme Court, No. 13-298,
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`June 19, 2014).
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`Analysis
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`27.
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`In the instant case, claim 40 is directed to a method and claim 21 is directed to a
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`device.
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`28.
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`The claim recites “receiving... information... receiving...biometric
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`data...authenticating an identity... generating...a non-predictable value and encrypted
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`authentication information and
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`communicating the encrypted authentication
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`information ...." Additionally, the claim is directed towards receiving, and processing
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`data and automating mental tasks, in this case an electronic device is used, which is
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`similar to Alice which dealt with receiving, processing, and storing data (Alice Corp. Pty.
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`Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 5T3 U.S. _, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2356 (2014)), and Classen which
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`dealt with automating mental tasks. Therefore, based on case law precedent, the claims
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`are claiming subject matter similar to concepts already identified by the courts as
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`dealing with abstract ideas. See Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd., 134 S.Ct. at 2356 (citing Bilski v.
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`Kappos, 561, US. 593, 611 (2010)). Claim 21 is directed towards the generic computer
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`used to implement the method of claim 40 and is therefore also directed towards a
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`judicial exception regarding an abstract idea involving the receiving and processing
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`data, based on case law precedent, is claiming subject matter similar to concepts
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`identified by the courts as dealing with abstract ideas.
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`29.
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`Taking the claim elements separately, the functions performed by the machine at
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`each step of the process are purely conventional. Using a processor, using a device,
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`receiving and processing data. All of these functions are well-understood, routine,
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`conventional activities previously known to the industry. In short, each step does no
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`more than require a generic computer to perform generic computer functions.
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`30.
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`The claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to
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`significantly more than the judicial exception because the elements of “authenticating an
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`identity" are drawn to data comparisons in SmartGene and “activating the electronic
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`device...” as explained by Applicant’s specification (PGPubfl 255) is “the user
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`device 352 is activated for a transaction when the user satisfactorily completes an
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`authentication process with the device”, as the device is already in use, "activating” is
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`drawn to the using of the device for transactions as in automation of tasks in Classen
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`and receiving and processing data in Alice (Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 573
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`U.S. _, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2356 (2014)), electronic recordkeeping (Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd.
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`v. CLS Bank Int’l, 573 US _, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2356 (2014)), automating mental tasks
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`(Bancorp Services LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (U.S.), 103 USPQ2d 1425
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`(Fed. Cir. 2012), (Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1372
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`(Fed. Cir. 2011)) and receiving or transmitting data over a network, e.g., using the
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`Internet to gather data (Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC, 772 F.3d 709, 714-15 (Fed. Cir.
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`2014), (buySAFE, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 765 F.3d 1350, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2014),
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`(Cyberfone Systems, LLC v. CNN Interactive Group, Inc., 558 Fed. Appx. 988, 993
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`(Fed. Cir. 2014)).
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`31.
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`Viewed as a whole, instructions/method claims simply recite the concept of
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`receiving and processing data as performed by a generic computer. The method claims
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`do not, for example, purport to improve the functioning of the computer itself. Nor do
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`they effect an improvement in any other technology or technical field. Instead, the
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`claims at issue amount to nothing significantly more than an instruction to apply the
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`abstract idea of receiving and processing data using some unspecified, generic
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`computer. See Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd., 134 S.Ct. at 2360.
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`32.
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`The use of a device implementing the abstract idea does not render the claim
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`patent eligible beca