The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAG ANDERS BJORNERSTEDT
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Appeal No. 2002-1950
Application No. 09/234,514
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 3-10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, and 24-
27. The appellant appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue concerns "transaction management" of a database.
Transaction management is used to isolate a transaction involving a database from
other actions or events therein and to provide a consistent picture of the data stored in
the database. For its part, the invention "is provided for consistent reading of a number
of objects (10, 20, 30) within a database," (Spec. at abs.), "in which transactions are
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