Appeal No. 2002-1109
Application 09/316,436
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a method and system for accessing a
database using user-defined attributes.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method for facilitating the access of data using
user-defined attributes, comprising the following steps:
(a) storing attributes in a first logging segment,
entries for the attributes containing information which
indicates subordinate relationships between attributes, the
subordinate relationships creating an attribute structure;
(b) when a user stores a data lot, allowing the user to
specify one or more attributes to be linked to the data lot;
and,
(c) storing in a second logging segment, entries which
show links from data lots to attributes.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Haegele 6,192,373 February 20, 2001
(filed May 15, 1998)
Claims 1-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Haegele.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 5) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 11)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the appeal brief (Paper No. 10) (pages referred
to as "Br__") and reply brief (Paper No. 12) (pages referred to
as "RBr__") for a statement of appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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