Ex parte SEKINE - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1997-3581                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/010,291                                                                                                             


                 of execution procedures to realize the query subsequently                                                                              
                 inputted to the view table;                                                                                                            

                          execution procedure composition means operatively                                                                             
                 connected to the definition information dictionary for                                                                                 
                 retrieving, based on object query conditions, a corresponding                                                                          
                 one of the plurality of execution procedures stored in the                                                                             
                 definition information dictionary when the query to the view                                                                           
                 table is inputted, for extracting the one execution procedure                                                                          
                 adapted to the query, and for composing the extracted                                                                                  
                 execution procedure with the query; and                                                                                                
                          execution means operatively connected to the execution                                                                        
                 procedure composition means for executing the composed                                                                                 
                 execution procedure.                                                                                                                   
                          The Examiner relies on the following prior art:                                                                               
                 Heffernan et al. (Heffernan)                                            5,379,419                           Jan.                       
                                                                                                                             03,                        
                                                                                                                             1995                       
                                                                                         (filed Dec. 07, 1990)                                          
                          Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the                                                                      
                 Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs  and Answer for the             1                                                            
                 respective details.                                                                                                                    
                                                                  OPINION                                                                               




                          1The Appeal Brief (revised) was filed April 17, 1997.                                                                         
                 In response to the Examiner’s Answer dated July 15, 1997, a                                                                            
                 Reply Brief was filed September 15, 1997 which was                                                                                     
                 acknowledged and entered by the Examiner without further                                                                               
                 comment as indicated in the communication of August 10, 2000.                                                                          
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