Attorney’s Docket No..: P-9047-USS
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`111 Re Patent Application of:
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`Daniel Schreiber
`David Guedal iah
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`Application No: 09/595,839:
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`Filed:
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`June 16, 2000
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PA TENT
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`Examiner: Jenise E. Jackson
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`Art Unit:
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`213]
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`For:
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR )
`PREVENTING REUSE OF TEXT,
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`IMAGES, AND SOFTWARE
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`TRANSMITTED VIA NETWORKS )
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`Mail Stop AMENDMENT
`Commissioner for Patents
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`AMENDMENT AND RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION
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`UNDER 37 C.F.R. §1.lll
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`Sir:
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`pursuant
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`to
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`In response to the Office Action dated September 26, 2005 and
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`37 C.F.R.
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`§1.111,
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`applicants
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`respectfully request
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`above-identified application be amended as follows.
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`Atty. Docket No. P-9047-USS
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`Palo Alto Networks, Inc.-
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`IN THE CLAIMS:
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`Please substitute the following claims for the pending claims
`with the same number:
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`12. (currently amended) A method for limiting the operational life of software
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`in a network environment, the method comprising:
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`transmitting a program applet with a password embedded
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`therewithin from a server computer to a client computer, via a network,
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`the
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`password having a limited operational
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`life, and the program applet
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`including
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`executable code that runs on the client computer;
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`receiving by the server computer, from said program applet at
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`running on the client computer, via said network, (i) a request for information
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`stored in a restricted access storage area of the server computer, and (ii) said
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`embedded password;
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`authenticating said embedded password by the server computer,
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`whenever said receiving occurs;
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`thereafter
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`transmitting said information
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`computer,
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`to said program applet tat—running on the client computer, via said
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`network, while said embedded password is valid; and
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`invalidating said embedded password by the server computer,
`coincident with an invalidation event.
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`13. (previously presented) A method according to claim 12 wherein said
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`invalidating comprises invalidating said embedded password at a predetermined
`time,
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`14. (previously presented) A method according to claim 12 wherein said
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`invalidating comprises invalidating said embedded password after lapse of a
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`predetermined time from when said request was received.
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`15. (previously presented) A method according to claim 12 wherein said
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`invalidating comprises invalidating said embedded password upon the detection
`of a loss of communication with said client.
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`16. (canceled)
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`17. (canceled)
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`18. (previously presented) A method according to claim 12 wherein said
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`transmitting a program applet comprises generating said embedded password.
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`27. (currently amended) A network—based
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`software
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`authentication system
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`comprising a server computer, the server computer comprising:
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`a password generator;
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`password validation apparatus;
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`a restricted-access storage area;
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`a program applet including executable code that runs on a client
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`computer; and
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`invalidation apparatus;
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`wherein said server computer is operative to:
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`a) cause said password generator to generate a password,
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`password having a limited operational life;
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`b) embed said password within said program applet, and
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`transmitsaid program applet with said password embedded therewithin to a—tlg
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`client computer via a network;
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`c) receive from said program applet at—running on the client
`computer, (i) a request for information, and (ii) said embedded password for
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`d) authenticate said embedded password using said password
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`validation apparatus, whenever
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`infomiation requested
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`restricted—access storage area;
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`e) transmit said infomiation to said program applet at-running on
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`the client computer, via said network, while said embedded password is valid; and
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`f) invalidate said embedded password using said invalidation
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`apparatus coincident with an invalidation event.
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`28. (original)
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`A system according to claim 27 wherein said invalidation event
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`comprises the arrival of a predetermined time.
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`29. (previously presented) A system according to
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`claim 27 wherein said
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`invalidation event comprises the lapsing of a predetermined time from when said
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`request was received.
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`30. (original)
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`A system according to claim 27 wherein said invalidation event
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`comprises the detection of a loss of communication with said client.
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`31. (canceled)
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`32. (canceled)
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`.33. (canceled)
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`REMARKS
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`Applicants have carefully studied the outstanding Office Action.
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`The present amendment
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`is intended to place the application in condition for
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`allowance and is believed to overcome all of the objections and rejections made
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`by the Examiner. Favorable reconsideration and allowance of the application are
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`respectfully requested.
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`Applicants have amended claims 12 and 27 to more properly
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`claim the present invention. No new matter has been added. Claims 12 — 15, 18
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`and 27 - 30 are presented for examination.
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`In Paragraphs 1 - 7 of the Office Action, claims 12 — 15, 18 and
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`27 — 30 have been rejected under 35 U.S..C, §103(a) as being unpatentable over
`Dykes et al, US. Patent No. 5,872,915 (“Dykes”) in view of Scherpbier, US.
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`Patent No. 6,263,365 (“Scherpbier”).
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`The rejections of claims 12 — 15, 18 and 27 — 30 in paragraphs 1
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`- 7 of the Office Action will now be dealt with specifically.
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`As
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`to amended independent method claim 12, applicants
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`respectfully submit that the limitation in claim 12 of:
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`“transmitting a program applet with a password embedded
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`thel'ei-ttithin from a server computer to a client computer, via a network,
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`the
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`password having a limited operational
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`life,
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`the program applet
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`including
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`executable code that runs on the client computer”
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`is neither shown nor suggested in Dykes or Scherpbier, taken individually or in .
`combination.
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`In Paragraph 3 of the Office Action,
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`the Examiner has cited
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`Dykes as disclosing transmitting a program applet with a password embedded
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`therein from a server computer to a client computer. Applicants respectfully
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`submit that a program applet is an application that runs on a client computer,
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`whereas Dykes describes an application that
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`runs on a server computer.
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`Specifically,
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`the data flow in Dykes is illustrated in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6, and
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`described at col. 7, line 29 — col. 8, line 27, and at col- 8, line 31 — col. 10 line 17,
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`and at col. 14, line 54 — col. 15, line 15, respectively. Following the notation
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`from FIG. 6 of Dykes, input to software application 342 (FIGS. 3 and 5) flows
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`web browser --> web server -—> gateway --> software application
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`CW-—>WS—->GCS~>SACS ,
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`and output from software application 342 flows back in the reverse direction,
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`software application —> gateway --> web server -> web browser
`SACS—->GCS-—>WS-->CW .
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`Regarding the subject claim 12, applicants note that, in distinction, and as Dykes
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`lines 5 and 6, a Java applet is executable code that is
`transmitted to a web browser.
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`To further clarify this distinction, applicants have amended
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`claim 12 to include the limitation that the program applet includes executable
`code that runs on the client computer.
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`Applicants
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`further
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`submit
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`that Dykes does not disclose
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`transmitting a password embedded within a program applet from a server
`computer to a client computer. FIG. 5 of Dykes, and the discussion thereof at
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`col. 8, lines 49 - 53, make it clear that password information is sent 3% a client
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`computer t_o a server computer (step 521).
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`Similarly, as applicants indicated in their previous response,
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`Scherpbier also describes sending password information from a client computer
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`19 a control module residing on a server computer.
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`Claim 12, in distinction, indicates sending password information
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`in the reverse direction to that of Dykes and Scherpbier, namely, from a server
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`computer to a client computer, as illustrated by the arrow labeled “APPLET,
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`PASSWORD” that points from right to left in FIG. 1 of'the subject specification.
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`Because claims 13 — 15 and 18 depend from claim 12 and
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`include additional features, applicants respectfully submit that claims 13 —— 15 and
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`18 are not anticipated or rendered obvious by Dykes, Scherpbier or a combination
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`of Dykes and Scherpbier.
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`Accordingly claims 12 — 15 and 18 are deemed to be allowable.
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`For the same rationale as set forth hereinabove with respect to
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`method claim 12, applicants
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`respectfully submit
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`that
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`the limitations
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`in
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`independent system claim 27 of:
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`“a program applet including executable code that runs on a
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`client computer”; and
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`“embed said password within said program applet, and transmit
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`said program applet with said password embedded therewirhin t0 the client
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`computer via a network”
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`are neither shown nor suggested in Dykes or Scherpbier, taken individually or in
`combination.
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`Because claims 28 —— 30 depend from claim 27 and include
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`additional features, applicants respectfully submit that claims 28 —- 30 are not
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`anticipated or rendered obvious by Dykes, Scherpbier or a combination of Dykes
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`and Scherpbier.
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`Accordingly claims 27 — 30 are deemed to be allowable
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`Support for Amended Claims in Original Specification
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`_ The limitation of a program applet that is delivered from a server
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`computer to a client computer and that runs on the client computer, is described in
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`the original specification at page 1, second paragraph.
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`For the foregoing reasons, applicant respectfully submits that the 4
`- applicable objections and- rejec‘tions‘have been overcome and that-the claims are
`in condition for; alloyyan
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`Attorney for Applicant(s)
`Registration No" 43,116
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`Dated: December 1 l, 2005
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`Eitan Law Group
`C/O Landon IP Inc.
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`1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 45
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`Tel: (703) 486-1150
`Fax: (703) 892-4510
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