Appeal No. 2002-1767
Application 09/362,530
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising the steps of
creating a first field for a first reference data
record and placing a first identification in the first field
of the first reference data record;
creating a second field for a first reference data
record and placing the first identification in the second
field of the first reference data record; and
wherein the first identification uniquely identifies
the first reference data record.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Vijaykumar 5,745,896 April 28, 1998
Beauchesne 6,128,626 October 3, 2000
(filed June 30, 1998)
The statements of the rejections are modified to reflect the
examiner's indication of allowable subject matter.
Claims 1, 3, 15-17, 23, and 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Beauchesne.
Claims 9, 18-22, and 24-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Beauchesne and Vijaykumar.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 4) and the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 11) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the examiner's rejection, and to the brief
(Paper No. 10) (pages referred to as "Br__") and reply brief
(Paper No. 12) (pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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