Appeal No. 2000-0358
Application No. 08/678,409
locked icon 92 is an annunciator to the status of a shared book
in the database." Appeal Brief, page 6, line 26 through page 7,
line 1.
We agree with Appellant that the Examiner has not
demonstrated that the lock icon 92 meets the limitations found in
claim 1 of "selecting a new access right represented by a first
object." Bly describes in column 30, lines 38-41 that the lock
icon is an indicator that certain entries are locked.
Furthermore, there is no discussion in column 30 or in column 16,
lines 2-60 that the lock icon 92 represents a new access right.
At most, the lock icon symbolizes that other users will be denied
access rights to the locked entries.
Thus, we fail to find that Bly discloses the step of
selecting a new access right represented by a first object as
recited in claim 1.
We note that separate arguments have not been presented with
regards to independent claims 8 and 15. As such, they stand or
fall with the arguments presented with regards to claim 1. Claim
8 recites,
data representing sequences of instructions, which when
executed by a computer system, cause the computer
system to perform the step of . . . acquiring said new
access right by said virtual input device by causing
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