Ex parte BANDA et al. - Page 3




                     Appeal No. 1997-1208                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/077,219                                                                                                                                            


                     process is needed with a target object located in the second                                                                                                      
                     address space;                                                                                                                                                    
                                b) generating a proxy object in the first address space                                                                                                
                     corresponding to the target object, said generated proxy                                                                                                          
                     object emulating said target object in the first address                                                                                                          
                     space; and                                                                                                                                                        
                                c) establishing the communication link between the first                                                                                               
                     process and the target object through the proxy object.                                                                                                           
                                The following references are cited in the Examiner’s                                                                                                   
                     Answer:1                                                                                                                                                          
                     East et al. (East)                                               5,187,790                                            Feb. 16,                                    
                                                                                                                                           1993                                        
                     Serlet et al. (Serlet)                                           5,481,721                                            Jan. 02,                                    
                     1996                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                      (Effectively filed Jul. 17,                                                                     
                     1991)                                                                                                                                                             
                     Stein et al. (Stein)                                             5,497,463                                            Mar. 05,                                    
                     1996                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                           (Filed Sep. 25, 1992)                                                       
                                The rejections of the appealed claims are set forth by                                                                                                 
                     the Examiner as follows:2                                                                                                                                         


                                1 The Serlet and Stein references were cited by the                                                                                                    
                     Examiner for the first time in the prosecution at page 10 of                                                                                                      
                     the Answer. As indicated in the Supplemental Examiner’s                                                                                                           
                     Answer, these references were cited “for the good of the                                                                                                          
                     prosecution history”, but are not relied upon and form no                                                                                                         
                     basis for the rejections in this application.                                                                                                                     
                                2 As indicated at page 3 of the Answer, the Examiner has                                                                                               
                     withdrawn the non-statutory subject matter rejection under 35                                                                                                     
                     U.S.C. § 101.                                                                                                                                                     
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