Appeal No. 2002-0275
Application No. 09/215,752
of a data object; i.e., a meta definition of a type definition object. As depicted in Figures
2A through 2C of Maruyama, meta definition information includes type, attribute, and
procedure data objects. Col. 3, l. 61 - col. 4, l. 41. The requested meta definition is
received as shown in step 1001 in Figure 13 of the reference. Further, “mapping data
values to a data structure according to attributes in the meta definition of the data
object” fairly describes the restructuring of the database in Maruyama. Data values
within the data base are changed in accordance with attributes in the meta definition of
the type definition data object. The data values are changed (or updated) when the
parts object manager 102 contains attribute change information. Maruyama provides
an example of a computer type definition object (Fig. 6B) having an appended parts
attribute object (Fig. 7A) which deletes “OS name” and appends “hard-disc size” to the
attribute of the computer type. Col. 5, l. 47 - col. 6, l. 20. In light of the description
related to the operation shown in Figure 13 of the reference, when restructuring the data
base, data values are mapped to locations in an essentially new data structure (i.e.,
when combining information from the original object and the associated parts object,
resulting in the change of attribute information owned by the type definition).
Because we find that the reference meets all requirements of representative
claim 7, we sustain the section 102 rejection of claims 7, 16, and 22 over Maruyama.
Independent claims 35, 42, and 46
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