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`1)} Responsive to communication(s) filed on 20 September 207 i.
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`251”] This action is FINAL.
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`mg This action is non-final.
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`8)|:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters. prosecution as to the merits is
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 1 19
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`ApplicationiControl Number: 13231184
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`Paper No. 2012080? — Page 2
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`Art Unit: 3621
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`This office action is given an identifier, Paper No. 20120802, for reference purposes
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`only.
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`2.
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`Claims 1-20, filed 20 September 2011, are pending and examined in this office action.
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`Status of Claims
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`3.
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`The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities:
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`Speufication
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`The Original Specification (pl :5) identifies “application No. 12893586” however fails to
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`identify it as Patent Number 8234220. Appropriate correction is required.
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`4.
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`Claim 13 is objected to because of the following informalities:
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`Claim Objections
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`Regarding Claim 13, “a fingerprint” is recited twice. One recitation is sufficient therefore
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`the second recitation should be deleted. Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`ApplicationfControl Number: l3f23T,184
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`Paper No. 2012080? — Page 3
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`Art Unit: 3621
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or
`on sale in this country. more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United States.
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`6.
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`Claims 1-2, 4-6 and 13-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(1)) as being anticipated by
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`US 20020l?8364 Al (“Weiss”) from IDS.
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`Regarding Claim 1, Weiss discloses a system (e.g., computer system 10) configured to
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`allow a user (e.g., person) to select any one of a plurality of accounts (cg, “Credit Card and
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`0thcr financial information” in FIG. I) associated with the user to employ in a financial
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`transaction, comprising (Abstract, ‘]1 17, 52, FIG. 1, 3-4 with associated text):
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`a biometric sensor (cg, data input devices, such as voice and other audio and video
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`capture devices) configured to receive a biometric input provided by the user (‘i[ 1?,
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`42);
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`a user interface (e.g., user interface 26) configured to receive:
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`a user input including secret information (e.g., personal identification number)
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`known to the user ((j[ 42, 53) and
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`identifying information ('e.g., biometric information) concerning an account
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`selected by the user from the plurality of accounts (Abstract, ‘i[ 43, 47, 57,
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`FIG. 1, 3-4 with associated text);
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`a communication link (e.g.._ Internet) configured to communicate with a secure
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`registry (e.g., database 24) (‘11 38, 41); and
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`Paper No. 2012080? — Page 4
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`Art Unit: 3621
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`a processor (e.g.._ CPU 16) coupled to the biometric sensor to receive information
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`concerning the biometric input (‘fl 38—42, 48—53, FIG. 1, 3 with associated text), the
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`user interface and the communication link, the processor configured:
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`to generate a non—predictable value (e.g., non—predictable single use codes, ‘i[
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`52) and
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`to generate encrypted authentication information from the non—predictable
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`value, the identifying information, and at least one of the information
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`concerning the biometric input and the secret information (‘I[ 12, 45, 51—53, T4,
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`100. Weiss discloses (I) “transactions to and from the database may take
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`place using a public kcyfprivatc kcy security system” from1| 12 and (2) “a
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`secret user code andfor time varying value. .
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`. and personal identification
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`code... combincs thcsc thrcc numbcrs using a prcdctcrmincd algorithm to
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`generate a one-time nonpredictable code” from 1] 51 is used to authenticate the
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`user.), and
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`to communicate the encrypted authentication information via the
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`communication link to the secure registry (‘il 12, 45, 51, :00).
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`Regarding Claim 2, Weiss discloses:
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`0 wherein the communication link is configured to wirelessly transmit the enmypted
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`authentication information to a point—of—sale (POS) device (‘ll 17, 51—52, "M and FIG.
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`10, l? with associated text), and
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`0 wherein the POS device is configured to transmit at least a portion of the encrypted
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`authentication information to the secure registry (“The merchant transmits to the
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`credit card company...the code. . .The credit card company takes this information and
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`passes the code. . .to the USR”, ‘i[ 74).
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`Regarding Claim 4, Weiss discloses wherein the processor is configured to generate the
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`encrypted authentication information from each of the non-predictable value, the identifying
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`information, the information concerning the biometric input and the secret information (FH 42, 5']—
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`53, 74).
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`Regarding Claim 5, Weiss discloses wherein the biometric received by the biometric
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`sensor is communicated to the secure registry for authentication prior to generation of the
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`encrypted authentication information (‘11 12-13, 16-17, 41-42, 473-48).
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`Regarding Claim 6, Weiss discloses wherein the secret information includes the
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`identifying Information (‘il 53).
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`Regarding Claim 13, Weiss discloses wherein the biometric sensor is configured to
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`receive and process a! least one (Only one option is required to satisfy the claimed limitation of
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`‘at least one‘) ofa fingerprint (cg, fingerprint), a specchivoiec input (cg, voice print), an iris
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`scan (e.g., iris), a retina scan, a facial scan (e. g.. facial), a fingerprint (see Claim Objection
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`above), written information (cg, signature) and a DNA input (e.g., DNA analysis).
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`ApplicationfControl Number: 13231184
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`Paper No. 2012080? — Page 6
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`Art Unit: 3621
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`Regarding Claim 14, Weiss discloses a handheld device including each of the biometric
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`sensor, the user interface, the communication link and the processor (‘11 17, 43, 52, FIG.
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`1 with
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`associated text. The examples of devices listed in Weiss’ 1] 17 and 52 are types of “handheid
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`devices" that verifies the user “at the point of use”).
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`Regarding Claim 15, Weiss discloses a method of generating authentication information
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`comprising acts of (Abstract, (ll 17, 42-48, 54):
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`authenticating an identity of a user to a device based on a! least one (Only one option
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`is required to satisfy the 'at least one‘ limitation) of biometric data received by the
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`device from the user and secret information known to the user and provided to the
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`device (‘ji i7, 51—53);
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`generating a non-predictable value with the device ($51-53);
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`receiving identifying information from the user concerning a selected one of a
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`plurality of user accounts (Abstract, ‘fl 7’4); and
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`generating encrypted authentication information from the non-predictable value, the
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`identifying information, and at least one of the biometric data and the secret
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`information (‘ll 12, 45, 51-53, 74, 100. Weiss discloses (1) “transactions to and from
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`the database may take place using a public keyx’private key security system” from 1| l2
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`and (2) “a secret user code andi'or time varying value. . .and personal identification
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`code... combines these three numbers using a predetermined algorithm to generate a
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`one-time nonpredictable code” from 1] 51 is used to authenticate the user).
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`ApplicationfControl Number: l3r’23?,184
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`Art Unit: 3621
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`Regarding Claim 16, Weiss discloses generating encrypted authentication information
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`from each of the non—predictable value, the biometric data, the secret information, and the
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`identifying information {‘ll 12, 45, 51-53, ?4, 100).
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`Regarding Claim 1?, Weiss discloses de-activating the device without generating the
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`encrypted authentication information ifthe identity of the user is not successfully authenticated
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`to the device {‘11 1.08).
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`Regarding Claim 18, Weiss discloses generating a seed from which the authentication
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`information is generated by employing the biometric data and the secret information known to
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`the user (‘11 1?, 51-53, ?4. Two options satisfy the ‘at least two’ limitation which are listed by
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`Weiss).
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`Regarding Claim 19, Weiss discloses generating encrypted authentication information in
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`a manner that allows the identification of the user and the selected one of the plurality of user
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`accounts by a secure registry (FIG. 3, 6—l0, 13 with associated text).
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`Regarding Claim 20, Weiss discloses a method of controlling access to a plurality of
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`accounts, the method comprising acts of (Abstract, ‘fl 1?, 475-48, 54):
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`generating, with a device, encrypted authentication information {‘H 12, 45) from:
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`a non— predictable value generated by the device (‘I[ 51—53),
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`identifying information concerning an account selected by a user of the device
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`from among a plurality of accounts associated with the user (Abstract, 41, 4?-
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`48, 54 and FIG. I), and
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`at least one (Only one option is required to satisfy this portion of the
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`limitation) of a biometric of the user received by the device {‘1[ 17, 53) and
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`secret information provided to the device by the user (‘11 1?, 53);
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`communicating the encrypted authentication information from the device to a secure
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`registIy via a point—of—sale (P03) device to authenticate or not authenticate the device
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`with the secure registry (‘il 12, 45, 51-53, 74, 100);
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`authorizing the POS device to initiate a financial transaction involving a transfer of
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`funds to or from the account selected by the user when the encrypted authentication
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`information is successfully authenticated (‘I[ 74—76. (ii 76 provides the results of a
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`transaction); and
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`denying the POS device from initiation of the financial transaction involving a
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`transfer of funds to or from the account seiected by the user when the encrypted
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`authentication information is not successfully authenticated (‘11 74-?6. ‘f[ ?'6 provides
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`the results of a transaction).
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`7.
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`Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103{a) as being unpatentable over Weiss and further
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`in view of US 200401 17302 Al (“Weichcrt”) from IDS.
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`Regarding Claim 3, Weiss discloses wherein the communication link is configured to
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`wirelessly transmit the encrypted authentication information with the POS device {‘][1?, 51-52
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`and Figures 10 and 17 with associated text).
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`Weiss does not directly disclose wherein the POS device includes a magnetic stripe
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`reader, and a converter device configured to generate an emulated magnetic stripe output.
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`However, Weichert teaches wherein a POS device (e.g., point-of—sale (POS) tenninal)
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`includes a magnetic stripe reader (e.g., magnetic stripe reader, ‘fl 2), and a converter device
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`configured to generate an emulated magnetic stripe output (‘1[ 54, 7].). It would have been obvious
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`to one of ordinaiy skill in the art at the time of the invention was made to modify the devices as
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`disclosed by Weiss by incorporating a card reader feature at a POS terminal as taught by
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`Weicheit in order to read credit cards.
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`Claim 7 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Weiss and further
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`in view of US 6819219 (“Belle”) from IDS.
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`Regarding Claim 7, Weiss discloses a memory coupled to the processor (‘11 17’, 52, FIG. I.
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`with associated text).
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`Weiss does not directly disclose wherein the memory stores information employed by the
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`device to authenticate the biometric received by the biometric sensor ("fl 1?, 52, FIG.
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`associated text.)
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`However, Bolle teaches a memOIy stores information employed by the device to
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`authenticate the biometric received by the biometric sensor (Figure 1, 7 and 10 with associated
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`Paper No. 20120807 — Page 10
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`Art Unit: 362!
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`text. Observe Figure 10, Element 1004). It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
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`the art at the time of the invention was made to modify the devices as disclosed by Weiss by
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`incorporating biometric readers on portable devices as taught by Bolle in order to capture
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`biometric information on a portable device
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`9.
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`Claims 8-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Weiss in
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`view of Bolle and further in view of Official Notice.
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`Regarding Claim 8. Weisszoile Combination does not directly disclose wherein the
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`device does not pennit the entry of the user input if the biometric input received by the biometric
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`sensor is determined to not belong to an authorized user of the device.
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`The Examiner takes Official Notice it is well known in the art a mismatch or non-
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`matched biometric reading not belonging to the rightful user provides a negative result which
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`prevents access. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention was made to modify the devices as disclosed by Weissz’Bolle Combination by
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`incorporating a measure which prevents access when biometric readings do not match as taught
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`by Official Notice in order to increase security to personal equipment and information.
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`Regarding Claim 9, Weiss discloses:
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`0 wherein the secret information known to the user includes a PIN {‘fl 1?, 53), and
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`0 wherein the authentication of the secret information and the biometric input activate
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`the device for the financial transaction (“The identity ofthe user possessing the
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`identifying device may be verified at the point of use via any combination...”, 1] 1?.
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`73, 100).
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`Regarding Claim 10, Weiss discloses a memory coupled to the processor (‘11 1?, 52, FIG.
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`I with associated text).
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`Weisszolle Combination does not directly disclose wherein data stored in the memory is
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`unavailable to an individual in possession of the device until the device is activated.
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`The Examiner takes Official Notice it is well known in the art credit card holders call a
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`telephone number associated with the credit card number to activate their credit cards before they
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`are allowed to make purchases.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
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`the time of the invention was made to modify the devices as disciosed by Weisszolle
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`Combination by incorporating an activation step as taught by Official Notice in order to verify
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`the rightful credit card holder has obtained their card.
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`Regarding Claim 1 I, Weisszolle Combination does not directly disclose wherein the
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`data is subject to a mathematical operation that acts to modify the data such that it is
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`unintelligible until the device is activated.
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`The Examiner takes Official Notice it is well known in the art the credit card data is
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`blocked from making purchases until activated.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary
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`skill in the art at the time of the invention was made to modify the electronic ID devices as
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`disclosed by Weisszolle Combination by incorporating a protection step of preventing access to
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`Paper No. 20l20807 — Page 12
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`Art Unit: 362!
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`credit card usage as taught by Official Notice in order to protect the credit card holder in the
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`event the card is obtained by someone other than the intended credit card holder.
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`Regarding Claim 12, Weiss discloses
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`coupled to the processor (‘fl 1?, 52, FIG.
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`1 with associated text) and
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`configured to the device ("fl 1?, 52, FIG. 1 with associated text),
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`0 wherein the processor is configured to generate a seed using at least Iii-’0 {Only two
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`option are required to satisfy the ‘at least two” limitation) of the electronic serial
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`number, a discrete code associated with the device (‘fi ?4), the PIN (‘fi IT, 53) and the
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`biometric input (‘fi 17) to generate the encrypted authentication information ("fl 51-53,
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`74), and
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`0 wherein the seed is employed by the processor to generate the non-predictable value
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`(‘11 51-53, 14).
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`Weisszolle Combination does not directly disclose store an electronic serial number.
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`The Examiner takes Official Notice it is well known in the art electronic devices that
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`operate an operating system have unique registration number. It would have been obvious to one
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`of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention was made to modify the devices as
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`disclosed by Weissi’Bolle combination by incorporating a unique digital number as taught by
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`Official Notice in order to identify the device.
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`Double Parenting
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`Paper No. 20120807 — Page 13
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`Art Unit: 3621
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`10.
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`The nonstatutmy double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine
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`grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or
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`improper timcwisc extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible
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`harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection
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`is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined
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`application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined
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`application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference
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`c1aim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re
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`Goodman, l
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`1 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225
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`USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Orr-mm, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 {CCPA 1982); In re
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`Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970}; and In re leorii-igron, 418 F.2d 528, 163
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`USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37" CFR l.32l{c) or 1.321(d) may
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`be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting
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`ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned
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`with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of' activities undertaken within the
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`scope of ajoint research agreement.
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`Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a tenninal
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`disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37" CFR
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`3.?3{b).
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`Claims 1—20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness—type double
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`patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-54 of US. Patent No. 8234220. Although the
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`conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the
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`interactions between electronic ID devices and Universal Secure Registry system are in the same
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`manner.
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`Claims 15-19 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double
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`patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1—3, 5—8 and 43 of US. Patent No. T809651.
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`Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other
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`because the authentication interactions between electronic ID devices and Universal Secure
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`Registry system are utilized in the same manner.
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`Conclusion
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3621
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`8 August 2012
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