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Broad original claims without format-dependent authentication
Mar 10, 2000
‘030 Patent
Application filed
Date: March 10, 2000
3/10/2000 application
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PTO rejects all claims
Oct 1, 2003
All claims rejected
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10/1/03 Office Action
Claim(s) 1-43 is/are rejected.
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Allowance of claim with format-dependent authentication
Jun 13, 2005
PTO allows claims with formatdependent authentication
3. Claim 2 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but
would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
2005-06-13 Non-Final Rejection Page 2
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Allowance of ‘030 format-dependent claims
Jan 3, 2006
PTO allows claims with formatdependent authentication.
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The allowed claim(s) is/are 1, 3, 8, 14, 15, 18-23, 30, 32, 35, 39,
42, 44-71 now renumbered as 1-44.
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’606 patent - allowance of claims due to format-dependent
Aug 9, 2006
PTO allows similar format-dependent
authentication claims in ‘606 patent
The following is an Examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
Consider claims 1 and 19. The best prior art found during examination of the
present application, fails to disclose, teach, or suggest a means for
identifying said sender of said message as an authorized sender based on
information associated with said message in comparison to data in the
sender account.
8/6/09 Notice of Allowance for ’606 patent
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Interview for remaining 3 patents – format-dependent
Feb 3, 2010
Interview on ‘247, ‘658 and ‘372
patent claims – format-dependent
authentication described by applicant
as “central feature” in the reasons for
allowance
D. Each independent claim now pending
has the identification dependent upon the
first format. This too was a central feature
in the reasons for allowance.
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Interview for remaining 3 patents – format-dependent
Feb 3, 5, and 25, 2010
‘247, ‘658 and ‘372 patent claims allowed
with reasons for allowance citing formatdependent authentication
However, the best prior art found during
examination of the present application, fails to
disclose, teach, or suggest either alone or in
combination, identifying the sender of the
message as an authorized sender based on
information associated with the message in
comparison to data in the sender account,
wherein the identification is dependent upon
the first format of a message from the sender.
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