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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 18           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                               Ex parte JAMES A. RUDDY                                
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1756                                  
                             Application No. 09/037,879                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-31.                                                                
               The invention is directed to the recovery of data                      
          definitions using log records in a database management system.              
               Such log records maintain a record of all additions and                
          deletions of information regarding data definitions from the                
          system catalog of the database management system.  The instant              

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