Ex Parte Chang et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                   
                        for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                          


                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                      
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                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                         
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                               
                                               ____________                                                 
                       Ex parte DAVID FU-TIEN CHANG and ASHUTOSH ASHUTOSH                                   
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                                          Appeal No. 2006-1225                                              
                                      Application No. 10/244,8251                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF2                                                  
                                               ____________                                                 
            Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent                                    
            Judges.                                                                                         
            SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                   This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                                   
            rejection of claims 1-24, which are all of the claims pending in                                
            this application.                                                                               
                   We reverse.                                                                              
                                               BACKGROUND                                                   
                   Appellants’ invention is directed to a method for                                        
            constraining access to a storage system by assigning a permanent                                
                   1  Application for patent filed September 16, 2002.                                      
                   2  An oral hearing scheduled for June 7, 2006 was waived in a                            
            communication received via facsimile transmission on May 12, 2006.                              




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