Appeal No. 1999-1604
Application 08/741,419
therefore the function is not arbitrary.
Furthermore, Appellants argue that the widgets of 8
Tonouchi do not exist until the code generator creates them,
and therefore the means disclosed in Tonouchi for setting
resources form part of the code generator and not the widget
as recited in claim 1. Appellants point to Tonouchi’s
disclosure that the graphics editor of the Oak system permits9
designers to compose visual objects from subobjects through
direct manipulation. The code generator then translates
library information generated by the graphics editor into
Interview widgets . Therefore, Appellants conclude that the10
means for setting resources are part of the code generator
and not the widget.
Appellants further argue that Tonouchi does not teach or11
suggest modifying a widget that has already been compiled.
Appellants assert that as widgets coded by the Oak system
8Brief, page 7.
9Page 97, column 1, lines 9-13 and 27-29.
10Page 98, column 1, lines 12-14.
11Brief, pages 7-8.
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