The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID FU-TIEN CHANG and ASHUTOSH ASHUTOSH ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1225 Application No. 10/244,8251 ____________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007