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         Appeal No. 2006-2936                                                       
         Application No. 10/013,714                                                 
              (b) controlling access to the sets of data in the database            
         by the program by determining whether to allow or deny the                 
         program access to each of the sets of data based on the data               
         access permission setting and the security level setting of that           
         set of data.                                                               
                                     References                                     
              The Examiner relies on the following references:                      
         Dan et al. (Dan)           5,825,877           Oct. 20, 1998               
         Morcos et al. (Morcos)         6,167,404           Dec. 26, 2000           
                                       (Filed on Nov.  4, 1997)                     
         Huang                          6,192,361           Feb. 20, 2001           
                                            (Filed on Dec. 23, 1997)                
         Swift                          6,308,274           Oct. 23, 2001           
                                            (Filed on June 12, 1998)                
         Hitz et al. (Hitz)             2001/0039622        Nov.  8, 2001           
                                                  (Filed on Mar.  3, 1998)          
         Britton et al. (Britton)       6,405,202           June 11, 2002           
                                                  (Filed on Apr. 27, 1999)          
                                  Rejections at Issue                               
         A.  Claims 1 through 4, 6 through 10, 13 through 16, 18 through            
         21, 24 through 30, 32 through 35, 40, 44 through 48, 50 through            
         53, 58, 62 and 63 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being            
         anticipated by Britton.                                                    
         B.  Claims 5, 17, 31 and 49 stand rejected under                           
         35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the combination of              
         Britton and Dan.                                                           
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