Appeal No. 97-3660
Application 08/055,802
However, the examiner has made clearly erroneous findings
as to the scope and content of the Snodgrass reference. On
page 4 of the examiner’s answer, it is stated (Emphasis in
original.):
- With respect to independent claim 1, Snodgrass
shows
- master record display with a default
attribute is shown by faculty record.
- selecting difference fields based on
comparison between master and transaction
record is shown p. 37 under Temporal
databases.
but does not show displaying difference fields
overlaid on corresponding data fields with distinct
attribute.
In Snodgrass it appears that each display is the result
of an independent query and bears no particular relationship
or association to the record previously being displayed. The
examiner has not meaningfully identified in Snodgrass what
constitutes the master or first record and what constitutes
the transaction or second record. The cited portion of
Snodgrass has been reviewed and it is not evident how anything
therein supports the examiner’s finding that “selecting
difference fields based on comparison between master and
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