Appeal No. 2002-2321
Application 09/283,268
220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851
(1984).
The examiner has indicated how he has read the claims on the
disclosure of Cochran [answer, pages 4 and 5]. Cochran discloses
a database search and retrieval system that displays search terms
created from dynamic lists obtained from data fields
corresponding to a selected category. The data fields are
obtained from each record in the database [Cochran, col. 3, lines
38-43].
With regard to claim 1, appellant first argues that Cochran
does not disclose establishing super-categories for documents
[brief, page 5]. Although appellant concedes that Cochran
discloses a super-category (Criteria) and a group of categories
(Rate, Size, Meeting Rooms, Activities on Site, and Activities
off Site), appellant argues that this teaching merely shows the
existence of a super-category, but does not teach or suggest a
super-category for documents retrievable in accordance with a
data query as required by the claims. In response, the examiner
notes that because Cochran discloses (1) each term of the dynamic
list corresponding to at least one database record, and (2)
database records classified in different categories (e.g.,
“Article,” “Book Review,” etc.) within a super-category (e.g.,
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