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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HEATH HUNNICUT and JOHN F. LUDEMAN
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Appeal No. 2003-1025
Application No. 09/224,918
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ON BRIEF
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Before SMITH, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15, 17-25, and 28-49. Claims 2, 6, 12,
13, 16, 26, and 27 have been canceled.
Invention
Appellants' invention relates to the control of access by
users of the resources on a server. When a user is granted
access to a resource by an access granting process, an
access-permission is stored in a cache. On a subsequent access
request by the same user for the same resource, the cache is
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