Appeal No. 2001-1007
Application No. 08/937,025
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a method and apparatus for warning a user of
potential limitations of a database request and/or the results provided thereby. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced below.
1. A method for analyzing a survey database having a number of data
elements using a predetermined algorithm, the method comprising the
steps of:
a. analyzing the survey database using the predetermined algorithm
including accessing selected data elements;
b. providing a result; and
c. providing an indication of confidence in the result in one or more
result caveats.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Amado 5,701,400 Dec. 23, 1997
(Filed Mar. 8, 1995)
Peters 5,893,098 Apr. 6, 1999
(Filed Dec. 20, 1996)
Claims 1, 7, 24, and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
unpatentable over Peters. Claims 31 and 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Peters in view of Amado.
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