Appeal No. 2001-1087
Application 08/660,616
function points of the software application, the total
maintenance cost providing an indication of the level of
maintenance effort required to maintain the software application;
and
performing maintenance on the software application in
response to the total maintenance cost not exceeding a desired
threshold.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
White et al. (White) 5,446,895 Aug. 29, 1995
Abdel-Hamid, “Adapting, Correcting, and Perfecting Software
Estimates: A Maintenance Metaphor,” IEEE Computer, Mar. 1993,
pages 20 through 29.
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 6, 8 through 10, 13 through 15
and 17 through 20 stand rejected under the first paragraph of
35 U.S.C. § 112 for lack of written description.
Claims 1, 2, 9, 10, 13 and 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Abdel-Hamid.
Claims 4 through 6, 8 and 14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Abdel-Hamid.
Claims 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Abdel-Hamid in view of
White.
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