Appeal No. 2003-1160
Application 09/418,705
Claim 1, which claims the method, is illustrative:
1. A computerized method for inserting an object into a
database cache, the method comprising:
receiving a user-generated specification of a set of objects
to cache;
retrieving the set of objects from a data store; and
inserting the set of objects into the database cache.
THE REFERENCES
Pouschine et al. (Pouschine) 5,918,232 Jun. 29, 1999
Malloy et al. (Malloy) 6,122,636 Sep. 19, 2000
(effective filing date Jun. 30, 1997)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-6, 12-21 and 27-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Malloy in view of Pouschine.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection. We need to address
only the independent claims, i.e., claims 1, 12, 16 and 27.
Claims 1, 12 and 16 require receiving a user-generated
specification of a set of objects to cache and inserting the set
of objects into a database cache. Claim 27 requires receiving at
least one of either a user-generated query identifying a set of
objects to cache for later use or an application program
interface call that specifically identifies a set of objects to
cache for later use, the identification of objects in the
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