Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
707
DATA PROCESSING: DATABASE AND FILE MANAGEMENT, DATA STRUCTURES, OR DOCUMENT PROCESSING

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> DATA PROCESSING: DATABASE AND FILE MANAGEMENT, DATA STRUCTURES, OR DOCUMENT PROCESSING
1		DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING
2		. Access augmentation or optimizing
3		. Query processing (i.e., searching)
4		. . Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
5		. . Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)
6		. . Pattern matching access
7		. Sorting
8		. Concurrency (e.g., lock management in shared database)
9		. Privileged access
10		. Distributed or remote access
100		DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE
101		. Manipulating data structure (e.g., compression, compaction, compilation)
102		. Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)
103R		. Object-oriented database structure
103Y		. . Object-oriented database structure processing
103X		. . Object-oriented database structure network
103Z		. . Object-oriented database structure reference
104		. Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)
200		FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCE
201		. Coherency (e.g., same view to multiple users)
202		. . Recoverability
203		. . Version management
204		. . Archiving or backup
205		. File allocation
206		. . Garbage collection
500		DOCUMENT PROCESSING
501		. Hypermedia
502		. Drawing
503		. Spreadsheet
504		. . Cell format control
505		. Form
506		. . Form creation
507		. . Form filling
508		. . . Fitting data into fields on form
509		. Table
510		. . Ruled lines
511		. Version management
512		. Annotation control
513		. Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)
514		. Hierarchical control
515		. . Compound document
516		. . . Matching application process to displayed data type
517		. Layout
518		. . Spacing control
519		. . . Horizontal spacing
520		. . Area designation
521		. . Boundary processing
522		. . Format information in separate file
523		. . Format transformation
524		. . Detecting format code changes
525		. . Pagination
526		. Display processing
527		. . Print preview
528		. . Color attribute
529		. . Text attribute
530		. Edit, composition, or storage control
531		. . Text
532		. . . Dictionary
533		. . . Spell check
534		. . . Input of abbreviated word form
535		. . . Ideographic generator
536		. . . Multilingual
537		. . . Footnoting
538		. . . Equation or formula processing
539		. . Block control
540		. . Replacement of element
541		. . Handwritten textual input
542		. Font selection
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900		DOCUMENT STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
901		. Active document
902		. Multilayer document
903		. 3-D spreadsheet
904		. Details of spreadsheet data records
905		. Spreadsheet cell protection
906		. Creating one form from another
907		. Hierarchical document control with varying levels of detail
908		. Document format layout template
909		. Document page collating
910		. Document presenting plural pages on a single sheet
911		. Document page description processing

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000