Appeal No. 2004-2245
Application No. 10/145,544
in the brief have not been considered and are deemed to be
waived.
With regard to independent claims 52, 55, and 58, the
examiner contends that Hull discloses retrieving stored
descriptors (at column 10, lines 16-19), mapping the stored
descriptors (at column 10, lines 15-20, and 25-27), and that the
mapping is to retrieve data (at column 7, lines 21-23).
The examiner recognizes that Hull does not teach the use of
search requests, the use of search terms, the use of location
information, the use of file headers, and the use of in-memory
database tables. The examiner turns to Judd for the use of
search requests and search terms, specifically pointing to
column 3, lines 21-31, of Judd. The examiner concludes that it
would have been obvious to combine Hull and Judd “since both Hull
and Judd teach the use of databases with tables, the use of
indexes, the use of queries, and the retrieving of data” (answer-
page 5). The examiner recognizes that this combination is still
lacking the use of location information, the use of file headers,
and the use of in-memory database tables.
Turning to Shaughnessy, the examiner contends that this
reference teaches the use of location information (at column 5,
lines 34-37; column 3, lines 66-67; and column 4, line 1) and the
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