Appeal No. 2003-1145
Application No. 09/080,241
in Chan (e.g., Figures 2 and 13) of the conversion of the HPcode-
Plus object files 1150 and 1160 into executable code in the form
of binary format machine language instructions 1356 at the
installer site.3
We also find to be unpersuasive Appellants’ related argument
(Brief, page 7; Reply Brief, pages 2 and 3) that the object code
representations 222, 232 in the second computer of Chan are not
directly executable, but rather require further processing to
generate a machine language program in binary format. In support
of this contention, Appellants point to a passage at column 61,
lines 9-13 of Chan which discusses the use of a native linker for
producing an executable program.
We find ourselves, however, in agreement with the Examiner’s
assertion (Answer, page 8) that, contrary to Appellants’
contention that the use of a native linker means that Chan’s
machine instructions are not directly executable, the passage at
column 61, lines 9-13 of Chan can reasonably be interpreted as
stating only that the executable machine instructions 222 and 232
in Chan are directly linked by the linker for execution. We
3 See the definitions of “machine code,” “machine instruction,” and
“machine language” at page 247 of Microsoft Press® Computer Dictionary (Second
Edition), a copy of which is attached to this decision.
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