Appeal No. 1999-2720
Application No. 08/580,965
reverse deltas.
On the other hand, Ambriola discloses21 employing complete
revision copies, and the Cedar system, which includes a
bringover command and a storeback command. The bringover
command takes the description files and copies all the
referenced files onto the user's personal computer. Ambriola
explicitly states22 that the Cedar mechanisms for VC are not
very advanced and that no attempts are made to apply space-
saving mechanisms.
Therefore, we find that since Tichy has no need for, nor
provides any suggestion of a version control system that uses
complete copies of versions, one of ordinary skill in this art
would not have been motivated to combine Tichy and Ambriola.
The Examiner's argument that "whether the versions . . .
are stored in the form of deltas or complete/intact copies is
not claimed, and thus does not preclude the application of the
Ambriola reference" is not well taken. The Examiner has not
provided any support for this statement. We agree with the
21Pages 307-308
22Page 308, column 1, line 34 et seq.
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