Appeal No. 2000-1973
Application 08/890,906
The examiner relies on the following references:
Kelly, Jr. et al. (Kelly) 5,129,084 July 7, 1992
Endicott et al. (Endicott) 5,404,525 April 4, 1995
Tanaka et al. (Tanaka) 5,539,909 July 23, 1996
Yoshihiro Watabe et al. (Yoshihiro) JP 2-165223 June 26, 1990
(Japanese Kokai)
Claims 2-6, 21, and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kelly and Endicott.
Claims 12-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kelly, Endicott, and Tanaka.
Claims 17-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kelly, Endicott, Tanaka, and Yoshihiro.
We refer to the rejection (Paper No. 5) (pages referred to
as "R__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 11) (pages
referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 9) (pages referred to as
"Br__") for a statement of appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
The examiner finds that Kelly teaches "first object data and
a first at least one method program associated with said first
object" in the abstract (EA3). The examiner finds (EA3-4) that
the access control list and access mask (at col. 23, Table 2)
constitute "a storage protection mechanism which enforces
encapsulation of said first object . . . by restricting access to
said first object data to only first authorized method programs
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