Ex parte ANNICCHIARICO et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1995-4702                                                        
          Application 08/071,049                                                      


                                       OPINION                                        
               Generally, for the reasons set forth by the appellants in              
          the brief and reply brief, we reverse the rejections of claims              
          15 and 30 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103.                         
               As the briefs and the answers reflect, the focus of the                
          issue presented on appeal is the "correspondence" features                  
          recited in each independent claim on appeal.  This                          
          correspondence is reflected in claim 15 by the recitation of:               
               said extension portion of memory having                                
               specific memory locations for data storing that                        
               correspond to specific memory locations in said                        
               server portion of memory;                                              
               a plurality of extension routines each having                          
               an address, each of said extension routines                            
               corresponding to one of said server routines.                          
          Claim 15 goes on to recite features where the extension                     
          intercepts and redirects input and output protocol requests                 
          from the controlling application program and requests to one                
          of the extension routines where it is stated "said one of said              
          extension routines corresponding structurally to the server                 
          routine to which said inputs and outputs protocol requests are              
          directed."  Similar features are recited in a slightly                      
          different manner in method independent claim 30 on appeal.                  


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