Appeal No. 2002-1767
Application 09/362,530
been modified. Appellant correctly notes that if claims 2, 7,
10, and 13 are allowable if rewritten, this means that claims 2,
4-8, and 10-14 would be allowable if rewritten. Thus, the appeal
is limited to claims 1, 3, 9, and 15-27.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to computer database records.
Appellant's invention is providing paired keys in two fields of a
data record. The keys initially contain the same identification,
where the identification uniquely identifies the record (i.e.,
the identification is a primary key). Thereafter, one of the
keys may be changed to implement various functions ( see
specification, p. 3). For example, in Fig. 14A, the "Business
Party ID" and the "Original Business Party ID" are two fields of
a record which initially contain the same identification. If one
of the records is found to be a duplicate (as shown, "Joe Green"
is the same as "Joseph Green"), the "Business Party ID" for one
is changed to the "Business Party ID" of the other and the
"Status" is changed from "Active" to "Duplicate." In this way, a
history of the change is retained and, if necessary, the change
can be reversed.
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