Appeal No. 1999-0003 Page 4
Application No. 08/642,742
Claims 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, and 29
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over
Loizides in view of Naimpally. Claims 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21,
27, and 28 stand rejected under § 103(a) as being obvious over
Loizides in view of Naimpally further in view of Ackland.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of the appellants or
examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the brief and answer
for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
After considering the record, we are persuaded that the
examiner erred in rejecting claims 1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12-15, 17,
19-22, 24, and 26-29. Accordingly, we reverse. We begin by
considering the examiner's rejection and the appellants'
argument.
The examiner asserts, "figure 9 in Loizides shows the
index levels comprising high and lowest compressed levels,
each level contains compressed keys which are defined as
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