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                   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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                  


                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
                                                                                                              
                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                             
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
                                                                                                              
                                       Ex parte MANUEL V. PEREIRA III                                          
                                                                                                              
                                            Appeal No. 2004-0518                                               
                                          Application No. 09/514,227                                           
                                                                                                              
                                                  ON BRIEF                                                     
                                                                                                              

             Before: GROSS, BLANKENSHIP and NAPPI,  Administrative Patent Judges.                              
             NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               


                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the final rejection of claims         
             1, 4 through 6, 10, 12, 13, 18, 21 through 23, 27, 30 through 56, which constitute all the        
             claims in the application.                                                                        
                                                  Invention                                                    
                   The invention relates to a profiling system for controlling users’ access to a              
             plurality of objects in a database.  The system makes use of three types of records that          

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