UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Offlce
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box I450
`Alexandria, Vizginil 22313-I450
`www.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`90/007,707
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`09/01/2005
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`5826259
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`32605
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`7590
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`06/OI/2006
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`MACPHERSON KWOK CHEN & HEID LLP
`1762 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SUITE 226
`SAN JOSE, CA 95110
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`9155
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`EXAMINER
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`ART UN”
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DATE MAILED: 06/01/2006
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03)
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`IBM EX. 1019
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`Application No.
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`Appllcantis)
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`90/007.707 4 u ,5;,<;3§
`Examiner
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`5826259
`Art Unit
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`Luke S. Wassum
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`2187
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`Interview Summary
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`All participants (applicant. applicant's representative. PTO personnel):
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`Date of Interview: 01 Mg ggs.
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`b)D Video Conference
`Type: a)D Telephonic
`c)IZ Personal [copy given to:
`‘I)E] applicant 2) applicant's representative]
` Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted: d)B Yes
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`CIaIm(s) discussed: 1_-L8_.
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`Identification of prior art discussed: .
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`Agreement with respect to the claims f)D was readied. g)CI was not reached. hm NIA.
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` Substance of Interview Including description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an agreement was
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`readied. or any other comments: .
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`(A fuller description. if necessary. and a copy of the amendments which the examiner agreed would render the claims
`allowable. if available. must be attached. Also, where no copy of the amendments that would render the claims
`allowable Is available. a summary thereof must be attached.)
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`THE FORMAL WRITTEN REPLY TO THE LAST OFFICE ACTION MUST INCLUDE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE‘
`INTERVIEW. (See MPEP Section 713.04). It a reply to the last Office action has already been filed, APPLICANT IS
`GIVEN A NON-EXTENDABLE PERIOD OF THE LONGER OF ONE MONTH OR THIRTY DAYS FROM THIS
`INTERVIEW DATE. OR THE MAILING DATE OF THIS INTERVIEW SUMMARY FORM, WHICHEVER IS LATER. To
`FILE A STATEMENT OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW. See Summary of Record of Interview
`requirements on reverse side or on attached sheet.
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`Examiner Note: You must sign this form unless it Is an
`Attachment to a signed offica action.
`Examiner's signature, if required
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`PTOL-413 (Rev. 04-03)
`Interview Summary
`Papa No. 20060601
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`Summary of Record of Interview Requirements
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`The union oitho Patent and Tredernattotiicecmnotbo based exciusiveiyonthewritten recad h theotilcoiiihet record is itself
`hwompioio though the tenure to record the cubsimce of htervlews.
`ltis titoresponslbiiityoiihe mpiicmtathe ottomoyor ogenttomairetheeubstmcedm lnterviewoirecord in the application iiio. unless
`the examiner indicates he orshe will do so.
`it is the examiners responsibility to see thatsuch a record is made and to correct material inaccuracies
`whichbeadirectiyontiiequestloriofpatontobiiity.
`Examiners mustcompieio an intorvIewSummaryForrn for each intorviewheidwhero amotter ofeubstmce haeboen discussed during the
`interview by checking me appropriate boxes and filling in the blanks. Diecusions regarding only procedural matters. directed solely to restriction
`requirements tor which lntaview recordotion is otherwke provided tor in Section 812.01 of the Monud of Pdent Examining Procedure. or pointing
`out typogrophicd errors or umeodduie script in Oflice actions or the like. so ennciuded from the hterview recorddion procedures below. Whue the
`substance oi an interview is completely recorded in an Examiners Amendment. no eepzde interview Smnmay Record is required.
`The Interview Summay Form shdl be given in Qproprlote Paper No.. ueced in the right hmd portion oi the tile. and listed on the
`‘contents’ section of the tile Mapper.
`in a personal interview, a duplicate of the Form is given to the applicant (or attorney or agent) at the
`conclusion oi the interview.
`In the cao ot a toiephono or video-conference interview, the copy is mailed to the applicant's correspondence address
`either with orprioruothenextotiicid communication. itodditioneicorrespondencefromthoexaninerisnotiiirelybetore an oilowmceoriiotha
`circumstances dlctuo. the Form ehouid be mailed promptly die: the intuview rather can with the next official comrnunlcaiim.
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`The Form provides tor recordation ofthe following information:
`- Application Number (Series Code and Serial Number)
`Nano :1 oppilcmt
`Nano d examiner
`Due oi Interview
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`Typo oi Interview (telephonic, video-conterence, or personal)
`Nane of psticipant(s) (appiicmt, attorney or agent. examiner. otha PTO personnel. etc.)
`Anindlcaionwhetherornot at eodtibitwosehown or odomonstretionconducted
`Anidentiflcaionoftiiespeciticprioratdiocussed
`An lndlceuon whether an agreement we renhed aid it so. in description oi the general nature of the agreement (may be by
`attachment of a copy at anendments or claims qroed as being dloweble). Note: Agreement as to oiiowdaiiity is tentative and does
`notrestrictfurther eciion bythe oxominer tothe contrwy.
`- Tnesignaureoftheexominerwhoconducted thointervlew(itFormicndm atta;i'menttoesigned0flicea:iion)
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`It is desirable that the examiner orally remind the appiicmt of his it her obligation to record the substance of the interview oi each case. It
`should be noted. however. thetthe Interview Summay Form will not normely be considered a complete and proper rocordetion oi the intomew
`unless it includes. or is supplemented by the applicant or the examiner to include, al of the applbbio items required below concerning the
`etbstance of the intaviow.
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`Acornpiete and proper recadation oi the substance ofany interview should include et ieestthetoiiowlng oppiicabie items:
`t)Abriotdeecriptionofthonetureotanyexhibitehown or aiydomonetretion conducted,
`2) on identiibalon at the ctains discussed.
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`3) midentitbdion dthoepecificprior utdiscussed,
`4) on idontiiicdion ofthe prhcipai proposed amendments of a substantive nature discussed, unless those are already described on the
`interview Summwy Form completed by the Exanina.
`5) a brief identification oi the general thruet d the principal agurnente presented to the oxaniner,
`(Tho identification oi tguments need not be lengthy or elaborate. A verbatim or highly detailed dscrtpiion d the arguments is not
`required. The identification otho orgwnontsissufiicientlithegenerd natureorthrustoftho principd arguments modotolhe
`oxaninercon be understood inthocontextotthe appiicetioniile. Otcoureo. the oppilcmtrnaydesirotoemphasizemdfuiiy
`describethoseagumentswhichheorshefeeiswereamightbepereucivetotheerxanhor.)
`6)ogenerdhdicetion ofanyotherpertinentmatteeodiecueoed. end
`7) guapproprivete. the genera reeute or outcome :1 the interview unless aireody dscribed in the interview summary Form completed by
`excn er.
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`Examiners are expected to cereiuly review the applicants record oi the substance oi an interview. It the record is not complete and
`ecuretonheexarninerwiiigivetheappiicmtenoxtendebioonemonthtimeperiodtocorrecttherecord.
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`Exemlner to check for Accuracy
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`It the claims are allowable for other reasons oi record, the examiner should send a letter setting forth the examiners version ot the
`statement otutbutod to him or her.
`it the record is complete and eocurete, the examiner should place the indication. ‘Interview Record OK‘ on the
`paper recording the substance of the hterview along with the date and the examiners Initials.
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`Continuation of identification of prior art discussed:
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`Continuation Sheet(P'I'OL-413)
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`Application No. 901007.707
`d’ lyl5Z33{
`Tsichritzis ('LSL: A Link and Selector Language‘); Munz ("Theweli System: A Muiti-User Database System Based on
`Binary Relationships and Graph-Pattem-Matching‘); Munz ("Design of the Well System‘); Malhotra et al.
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`(‘implementing an Entity-Relationship Language on a Relational Database‘).
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`Continuation of Substance of interview including description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an
`agreement was reached. or any other commems:
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`The Attorney and Applicant briefly discussed the features of the claimed invention and the circumstances under which
`it was developed.
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`Rejections under u.s.c. 101 were discussed. The Attorney believes that the claimed invention does not fall under one
`of thejudicial exceptions. and as such is not subject to the rejections as presented.
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`Several distinctions between the prior art of record and the claimed invention were pointed out. Chief among them are
`the issues as to whether the databases disciosed in the prior art references are in fact relational databases. and also
`the fact that the prior art systems lack the feature of the invention that the tables and relationships can be dynamically
`added and/or changedrthrough modification of the ENTDEF and RELDEF tables. without the need to make any
`changes to or recompile the application software.
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`The etamlner said that while he appreciated these distinctions. he was not sure that these distinctions are currently
`reflected in the claims.
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