Appeal No. 1999-1557
Application 08/650,397
principles of claim con- struction require that “[c]laim
language is given its ordinary and accustomed meaning except
where a different meaning is clearly set forth in the
specification or where the accustomed meaning would deprive
the claim of clarity.” Northern Telecom Ltd. V. Samsung
Elecs. Co., 215 F.3d 1281, 1287, 55 USPQ2d 1065, 1069 (Fed.
Cir. 2000).
We commence with claim 6, the singular claim
rejected under this code section. Claim 6 recites as follows:
6. A fault-tolerant transaction processing system
comprising:
input means for accepting queries and updates;
active database system means coupled to said input
means for processing said queries and updates as they are
accepted;
redundant database system means coupled to said
input means for processing said updates concurrently with the
operation of said active database system means;
an active database in said active database system
means for storing a plurality of records each having a unique
Record Identification Key (RIK);
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