Appeal No. 2003-0319
Application No. 09/206,663 Page 2
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as
follows:
1. A computer-implemented real-time decision support system
comprising:
means for receiving complex queries posed by a plurality of
users;
means for providing for each of the queries an executable
query process furnishing a result when data sources satisfy
constraints of the query;
means for providing data sources, the data sources including
an event source;
means for responding to an event furnished by an event
source to initiate execution of all query processes having
constraints satisfied by data sources; and
means for furnishing results of executed query processes to
users.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Risberg et al. (Risberg) 5,339,392 Aug. 16, 1994
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Risberg.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejection,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 16, mailed
August 14, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
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