Appeal No. 2001-2303
Application No. 09/029,581
of data in the master database.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for checking the consistency of an item of
data in a cache database with a respective item of data in a
master database by comparing a first key stored in
association with the item of data in the cache database with
a second key stored in association with an index entry for
the respective item of data in the master database.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Brunner et al. (Brunner) 5,550,971 Aug. 27, 1996
Claims 1 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Brunner.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 14 and 17)
and the answer (paper number 16) for the respective positions of
the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the anticipation rejection of claims
1 through 8.
According to the examiner (answer, pages 3 and 4), the
claimed comparing step “is shown by the reference in the summary
of the invention as essentially the same function as follows see
col. 2 line 34 et seq.,” and “is an essential feature of the
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