Appeal No. 2000-0190
Application No. 08/784,224
from the client and the server generates a second request to the information
source/database. (See answer at pages 3-4.) The examiner further maintains that it is
old and well known to use one or more indices in a database management system to
efficiently query and search databases. The examiner takes Official Notice of this
knowledge/fact. (See answer at page 4.) The examiner therefore concludes that it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
search databases using these indices or knowledge matrices in order to ascertain if the
information sought was located in the database. (See answer at page 4.)
Appellant argues that Oku does not disclose a “knowledge matrix” and that Oku
is limited to “performing pedestrian query and retrieve functions upon databases
constructed by a ‘data modeling technique.’” (See brief at page 6.) Appellant further
argues that the examiner concocts the rejection using the Official Notice and conclusion
regarding searching without any support for his conclusion. (See brief at pages 6-7.)
We disagree with appellant. We find that the examiner has provided a logical analysis
of how data may be searched in a database. First, the indices would be searched to
see if the desired data is present in the database. If present/available in the database
then the location would have to be determined. Once the location of the desired data is
determined, the data may be retrieved. In a large database system, this may involve
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