Ex Parte Dahl - Page 16

                  Appeal   2006-2937                                                                                           
                  Application   09/840,188                                                                                     
                          With respect to dependent claim 38, Appellant relies upon the                                        
                  arguments made with respect to dependent claim 24 which we did not                                           
                  find persuasive.  Therefore, Appellant's argument is not persuasive,                                         
                  and we will sustain the Examiner’s rejection of dependent claim 38                                           
                  over Thomson, Denning, and Gaskell and the dependent claims which                                            
                  Appellant has elected to group therewith on page 16 of the Brief.                                            
                          With respect to dependent claim 52, Appellant relies upon the                                        
                  arguments made with respect to dependent claim 24 which we did not                                           
                  find persuasive.  Additionally, we find that the combination of                                              
                  Thomson and Denning would have had data in plural rows and                                                   
                  columns, as discussed above, which would teach the at least two                                              
                  columns.  Therefore, Appellant's argument is not persuasive, and we                                          
                  will sustain the Examiner’s rejection of dependent claim 52 over                                             
                  Thomson, Denning, and Gaskell and the dependent claims which                                                 
                  Appellant has elected to group therewith on page 17 of the Brief.                                            
                          With respect to dependent claim 62, Appellant relies upon the                                        
                  arguments made with respect to dependent claim 24 which we did not                                           
                  find persuasive.  Additionally, we find that the combination of                                              
                  Thomson and Denning would have had data in plural rows and                                                   
                  columns which is a collection of records maintained as fields, as                                            
                  disclosed by Denning.  Therefore, Appellant's argument is not                                                
                  persuasive, and we will sustain the Examiner’s rejection of dependent                                        
                  claim 62 over Thomson, Denning, and Gaskell and the dependent                                                
                  claims which Appellant has elected to group therewith on page 17 of                                          
                  the Brief.                                                                                                   


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