Appeal No. 2002-0001
Application No. 08/989,674
1. A method, implemented in a computer system, for
providing user indications for manipulating the
operation of an object-oriented object, comprising the
steps of:
identifying and describing a plurality of triggers
for a plurality of control points for said
object-oriented object on a static object model;
attaching a notation to each of said plurality of
triggers describing a before, during and after
operation related to said plurality of triggers on said
static object model;
binding one of said plurality of triggers to one
of said plurality of control points for said
object-oriented object in said computer system based
upon said notation; and
displaying results of said identifying step and
binding step based upon said notation to a user at said
computer system.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Martin, “Principles of Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design”,
Prentice Hall (1993) Chapters 9-11, pages 111-168. 1
Claims 5 through 8 stand rejected under the enabling
portion of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112. Claims 1
through 3, 5 through 7 and 9 through 11 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(a, b) as being anticipated by Martin. Finally,
claims 4, 8, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Martin alone.
1 Only these noted portions of this reference have been provided to us
by the examiner notwithstanding certain indications in the answer that the
examiner relies upon the entire book.
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