The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DEBORA JEAN BYRNE and SHAW-BEN SHI
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Appeal No. 2002-1894
Application No. 09/195,870
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 29.
The disclosed invention relates to the processing of sparse hierarchical access control list
(ACL) data stored in a relational database used as a backing store for a directory object.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A method for processing sparse hierarchical ACL data stored in a
relational database used as a backing store for a directory service,
comprising the steps of:
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