Appeal No. 2002-1894
Application No. 09/195,870
for each directory object, maintaining in a table the identify of an
entry that holds the directory object’s ACL and the entry that holds
the directory object’s owner information; and
responsive to a directory operation, using information in the table
to identify ACL and owner information for a particular directory object.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Fabbio 5,335,346 Aug. 2, 1994
Bsaibes et al. (Bsaibes) 5,701,458 Dec. 23, 1997
Claims 1 through 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Bsaibes in view of Fabbio.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number 8), the briefs (paper numbers 13
and 15) and the answer (paper number 14) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will reverse the
obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 29.
All of the claims on appeal require that a table maintain for each directory object the
identity of an entry that holds the directory object’s ACL, and the entry that holds the directory
object’s owner information so that, in response to a directory operation, the information in the
table is used to identify ACL and owner information for a particular directory object.
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