Ex parte SAYAH et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-0067                                                          
          Application 08/075,241                                                      

               structure, said descriptions of physical or abstracted                 
               physical attributes being partitioned hierarchically,                  
                    a second data structure containing, at respective                 
               nodes, a nested, compacted, representation of each said                
               hierarchical partition of said physical or abstracted                  
               physical attributes and specifications of each said                    
               hierarchical partition of said physical or abstracted                  
               physical attributes, and                                               
                    an interface means for encapsulating said first                   
               and second data structures from inquiring applications                 
                    each said node of said first data structure                       
               mapping to a node of said second data structure and                    
               each node of said second data structure mapping to at                  
               least one node at a single hierarchical level of said                  
               first data structure.                                                  
               Claim 9 is a corresponding method claim.                               
                                       Opinion                                        
               We do not sustain the rejection of claims 1-14.                        
               Initially, it should be noted that evidently, the examiner             
          has cited to the same component in Liang as constituting both the           
          first data structure and the second data structure.  In the                 
          examiner's answer at 3, the examiner identifies a first data                
          structure in Liang and cites to column 4, line 41.  Beginning at            
          that location, Liang reads:  "The workstation state list contains           
          data descriptions and drawing information required by the                   
          workstation to process the application model."  It is apparent              
          that the examiner regards the workstation state list as                     
          constituting the first data structure.  Also in the answer at 3,            

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