Appeal No. 2003-0319
Application No. 09/206,663 Page 7
From our review of the record, we find that a "complex
query" is a term of art, and we agree with appellant that an
artisan working in the Object Query Language would consider a
complex query to be a declarative specification, and not an
executable command. We take Notice that a script is not a
complex query2. From the examiner's assertion (answer, page 4)
that "Examiner maintains that Risberg discloses such wherein
scripts are user defined commands such as macros which are well
known to be stored persistently as they can be executed by
pressing a button or icon and can be copied" we find that the
scripts of Risberg, which are executable commands, are not
complex queries as set forth in independent claim 1, as the
phrase would be understood by an artisan. Accordingly, we agree
with appellant (brief, pages 4 and 6) that Risberg fails to
disclose "receiving complex queries." In addition, because the
scripts of Risberg are executed sequentially, we find that
all customers whose balance is greater than $1000.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin NN921158, November 1992. “The user is able
to achieve a very complex query by iteratively combining and refining simple
queries. . ..These combination objects can be further combined with other
combination objects or with simple queries to form more complex queries.”
2 Microsoft Computer Dictionary, ©1994, script: A type of program that
consists of a set of instructions to an application or utility program. A
script usually consists of instructions expressed using the application’s or
utility’s rules and syntax, combined with simple control structures such as
loops and if/then expressions.
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