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`European Patent Office
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`Munich, November 18, 2009
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`European Patent Application No. 96 910 762.2
`Kinetech, Inc.
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`In response to the Communication dated May 5, 2009:
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`Applicant submits, without prejudice, an amended set of claims 1 to 26 to
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`replace the pending claims 1 to 58. Copies of the amended claims are en-
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`closed in clean and mark-up formats.
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`The new set of amended claims comprises one independent claim on a sys-
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`tem (claim 1) and one on a method (claim 15). The amended claims are
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`based on the pending claims and the original disclosure as shown in the fol-
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`The amended claims now recite specifically the aspect of licensing in the con-
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`text of access control; the basic mechanism is the use of the specific identifier
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`“true name” described in the application so that all features related therewith
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`are also disclosed in connection with the licensing aspect.
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`The aspect of licensing is discussed in the specification specifically under the
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`following quotes:
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`Page 13, lines 3 and 4: using the “true name”, i.e. the unique identifier
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`for a particular data item for accounting and licensing purposes; this quote has
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`also been used to define the specific problem underlying the present invention.
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`Page 15, lines 20 to 24: the license table identifying files which may
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`only be used by licensed users, in a manner independent of their name or loca-
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`tion.
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`Page 20: lines 18 et seq. and Fig. 9: format of the license table
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`Page 62 line 24 to page 63 line 22: track for licensing purposes
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`Page 7, lines 17 to 21: “the system tracks possession of specific data
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`items according to content by owner ..,” in connection with the aspect of ac-
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`counting, which is closely related to licensing.
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`The original disclosure to support the claim dependency is demonstrated in the
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`above table so that item 2.2 is also answered taking into consideration the
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`greatly reduced number of claims in the amended set. The objection under Art.
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`123 (2) EPC in item 2.1 of the Communication is therefore met.
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`In amended claim 6, the term “entity” has been used to denote both users of the
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`system and the system components that may request access to a data item; cf.
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`with respect to licensed “users” page 15, line 20 et seq. and page 20 describing
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`the licensing table and with respect to system components page 62, step B (i)
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`which refers to “the user processor .. authorized..”.
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`Pages 5 and 6 on file are further amended to briefly acknowledge document D2
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`and to bring the description into conformity with the amended claims. Copies
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`of the amended pages are enclosed.
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`The amended independent claims are now clearly directed to the licensing fea-
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`ture described in particular on the pages of the original application cited above.
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`The suggestion by the examining division in item 3 of the Communication is
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`thus followed.
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`Neither document D1 nor D2 teach or suggest this use of access control in con-
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`nection with licensing of content based on identifiers in the format of “true
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`names”. The invention as defined in the amended claims is therefore both
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`novel and has inventive step.
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`In case further substantive objections arise against the patentability of the ap-
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`plication, which cannot be resolved in the written proceedings, an interview or
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`oral proceedings in accordance with Art. 116 EPC are requested.
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`Encls.
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`- Amended claims 1 to 26 (clean and marked-up)
`- Amended description pages 5, 5a and 6
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