Appeal No. 97-1372 Page 4
Application No. 08/117,337
checking the moves made in a list structure (Li at 10 and 11).
The virtual backpointer is a distributed checking symbol (Li
at 10). Li discloses checking moves made to get from one data
node to the next (Li at 3). Li does not disclose moving list
structure data between memory areas.
Both Li and the claimed invention are directed to list-
type data structures, but the similarities between Li and the
claimed invention end there. The claimed invention is
directed to moving list structure data from one memory area to
another. Li is directed to checking moves made from one node
to another within a list data structure. We find that the
examiner has not established anticipation on the record before
us.
DECISION
The rejection of all claims on appeal is
REVERSED
JAMES D. THOMAS )
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