Appeal No. 95-1599
Application 08/062,492
(Answer, pages 3 and 4) about the relationship of the “processor
machine” and the two abstract machines, appellants explain
throughout the disclosure that the two abstract machines are part
of a change management virtual machine (CMVM) 20 (Figure 1), and
that the CMVM 20 is a “processor machine” that executes “said
first instruction set and said second instruction set.” In claim
8, the version abstract machine is the “structure” for performing
the claimed “functions” (Answer, page 4). In claims 19 and 20,
the “plurality of said object” (Answer, pages 4 and 5) refers to
the objects at each of the nodes (Figure 4). In claims 24 and
25, the “structure” (Answer, page 5) for performing the claimed
functions is the “version abstract machine” and the “config-
uration abstract machine,” respectively. The “pointer” (Answer,
page 5) in claims 29 and 31 is illustrated in Figure 7 wherein
the truck engine configuration node 540 points to version graph
600 for specific versions of the truck engine. In claim 32, the
“collection of functions” (Answer, pages 5 and 6) is performed by
the version abstract machine, the configuration abstract machine
and the processor machine. Thus, the claims do, in fact, set out
and circumscribe a particular area with a reasonable degree of
precision and particularity when read in light of the application
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