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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`11/768,729
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`06/26/2007
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`Kenneth P. Weiss
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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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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
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`Office Action Summary
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`11/768,729
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`Examiner
`BEEMNETDADA
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`WEISS, KENNETH P.
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`Art Unit
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this 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 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR1. 136( a).
`In no event however may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX () 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)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 06 September 2012.
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`2a)IZ| This action is FINAL.
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`2b)I:l This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)IZI Claim(s) 1 3-5 9-16 19-2124-30 32-39 and 41-48 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`7)|Zl Claim(s) 135 9- 16 19-2124-30 32-39 and 41 -48 is/are rejected.
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`8)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`9)I:l Claim((s)
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)|:| The drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)|:l accepted or b)I:l objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`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
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`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)|:l AII
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`b)I:I Some * c)|:l None of:
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`1.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.|:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`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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`1) X Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`2) I] Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/OS)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 09-12)
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`3) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`This office action is in reply to an amendment filed on September 06, 2012. Claims 1, 9,
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`16 and 41—46 have been amended and new claims 47 and 48 have been added. Claims 1, 3—5, 9—
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`16, 19—21, 24—30, 32—39 and 41—48 are pending.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments filed 09/06/2012 have been considered but are moot in View of
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`new ground of rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 USC. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claims 1, 3—5, 9—16, 19—21, 24—30, 32—39 and 41—48 are rejected under 35 USC. 103(a)
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`as being unpatentable over Gioradano et al. US 7,571,139 B1 (hereinafter Gioradano) in View
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`Weiss US 5,657,388.
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`As per claims 1, 16, 47 and 48, Giorandano teaches a secure registry system for providing
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`information to a service provider to enable the service provider to provide services to entities
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`with secure data stored in the secure registry system, comprising:
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`a database including secure data for each entity, wherein each entity is associated with
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`and a multicharacter_code for each entity having secure data in the secure registry system,
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`respectively [column 18, lines 14—47] and
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`a processor configured to receive, from the first party, the multicharacter code for the
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`entity on whose behalf of a transaction is to be performed, configured to map the multicharacter
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`code to the identity of the entity and secure data associated with the entity including information
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`required to enable the transaction, the information including account identifying information
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`where the account identifying information is unknown to the first party, to provide the account
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`identifying information to a third party to enable a transaction without providing the account
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`identifying information to the first party (i.e., note that the POS system does not get access to
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`customers credit/debit account information, column 18, lines 5—47). Giorandano does not
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`explicitly teach a time—varying code. In the same field of endeavor, Weiss teaches a time varying
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`multi character code, mapping the time—varying multi character code to the identity of an entity
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`in a database using only the time—varying multi character code (i.e., one time non predictable
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`code). It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`applicant’s invention to employ the teachings of Weiss within the system of Gioradano in order
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`to enhance the security of the system.
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`As per claims 3 and 19, Gioradano further teaches the system wherein the multicharacter
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`code is provided to the system via a secure electronic transmission device [column 18, lines 14—
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`47].
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`As per claim 4 and 20, Gioradano further teaches the system wherein the code is
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`encrypted and transmitted to the system and wherein the system is configured to decrypt the code
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`with a public key of the entity [column 18, lines 14—47].
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`As per claims 5 and 21, Gioradano further teaches the system wherein said service
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`provider's service includes delivery, wherein the information is an address to which n item is to
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`be delivered to the entity, wherein the system receives the code and wherein the system uses the
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`code to obtain the appropriate address for delivery of the item by the third party [column 18,
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`lines 14—47].
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`As per claim 9—15, 41—45, 24—27, 30, 32 and 41—45 Gioradano further teaches the system
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`wherein the account identifying information includes credit card information regarding the entity
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`and the processor is configured to provide the credit card information based upon the code of the
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`entity to enable the transaction [column 18, lines 14—47].
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`As per claims 28—29 and 33—39, Gioradano further teaches the system wherein the
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`database is further configured to associate biometric information with each entity having secure
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`data in the secure registry respectively [column 18, lines 14—47].
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`As per claim 46, Giordano further teaches the system wherein the identity of the entity is
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`unknown until the code is mapped to the identity by the processor [column 18, lines 5—47].
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this
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`Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a).
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`Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR l.l36(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed Within TWO
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`MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after
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`the end of the THREE—MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period
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`Will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37
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`CFR l.l36(a) Will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event,
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`however, Will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the date of this
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`final action.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to BEEMNET DADA Whose telephone number is (571)272—3847.
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`The examiner can normally be reached on Monday — Friday (9:00 am — 5:30 pm).
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Kim Y. Vu can be reached on (571) 272—3859. The fax phone number for the
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`organization Where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571—273—8300.
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