Appeal No. 2003-1160
Application 09/418,705
The examiner argues that “[i]t would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art of data processing, at the time
the present invention was made to modify Malloy’s system, wherein
the multidimensional database, provided thereof (see Malloy’s
fig. 2) would incorporate the use of receiving a specification of
a set of objects to cache and inserting the set of objects into
the database cache in the same conventional manner as suggested
by Pouschine” (answer, page 5). Pouschine discloses the
conventional manner of inserting objects into a database cache.
In Pouschine’s system, however, the determination of which
objects are cached is made by the computer, whereas the
appellants’ claims require receiving a user-generated
specification of a set of objects to cache. The examiner has not
established that the applied references disclose this claim
feature or would have fairly suggested it to one of ordinary
skill in the art.
We therefore conclude that the examiner has not carried the
burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness of the
appellants’ claimed invention.
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