Appeal No. 2003-1942 Page 3 Application No. 09/260,796 indicating that a consumer client belonging to the at least one solution group may access the encrypted information set; asymmetrically encrypting the randomly generated number using the determined access formula and the public key for each of the at least one group granted access to the information set; adding the encrypted randomly generated number to the data set; and storing the data set on at least one untrusted storage device. Claims 1, 2, 9, 11, 13, and 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,787,175 ("Carter"). Claims 3-5, 7, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Carter and U.S. Patent No. 3,798,360 ("Feistel"). OPINION Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order: • claims 1 and 2 • claims 3-5 and 7 • claims 9-11, 13 and 15-17. A. CLAIMS 1 AND 2 Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellant in toto, we focus on the point of contention therebetween. The examiner finds, "Carter elaboratesPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007