Ex Parte CHOU - Page 12




          Appeal No. 2002-1109                                                        
          Application 09/316,436                                                      

          lines 41-59; col. 6, lines 1-27).  The rejection of claim 9 is              
          sustained.                                                                  


               Claim 10                                                               
               Haegele discloses that the CSOID "contains the complete                
          hierarchy and navigational tree" (col. 6, lines 20-22).  The user           
          can traverse these attributes stored in Fig. 2 to specify an                
          existing attribute.  The rejection of claim 10 is sustained.                

               Claims 11 and 12                                                       
               The user can present a SQL (structured query language) query           
          to search the attributes (words).  An SQL query is a logic                  
          combination of elements as recited in claim 11.  In addition,               
          Haegele discloses an example query of "Mens' Shoes" which is a              
          union of two attributes (col. 6, lines 1-14), as recited in                 
          claim 12.  The rejection of claims 11 and 12 is sustained.                  


          Claims 13-22                                                                
               Claim 13                                                               
               Claim 13 recites a database system having first and second             
          logging segments.  Figures 1 and 2 of Haegele disclose a first              
          logging segment for the reasons discussed in connection with                
          claim 1.  Figure 2 represents a second logging segment for the              
          reasons discussed in connection with claim 1 and for the reasons            

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