Appeal No. 95-3042
Application No. 08/098,501
Balzer, ¨EXDAMS - EXtendable Debugging and Monitoring System,¨ Spring
Joint Computer Conference, vol. 33, pp. 567-580 (1969)
Claims 1 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Padawer in view of Balzer.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the evidence before us
including, inter alia, the arguments presented by both appellants and
the examiner and, based upon that evidence, we will not sustain the
rejection of claims 1 through 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Pointing to various portions of Padawer at pages 4-6 of the
answer, the examiner contends, at least with regard to the
independent claims, that Padawer discloses everything but the
recording of the register and memory location values that are changed
by instructions, as claimed. The examiner relies on Balzer for the
teaching of this aspect of the claimed invention, particularly
pointing to page 570 of Balzer and contending that Balzer teaches a
history tape for storing necessary information, including variable
values, about program actions. The examiner then concludes that the
storage of register and memory location values, as recited in
independent claim 1 is taught and that it would have been obvious to
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