Appeal No. 96-1349
Application 08/002,168
The invention pertains to a method of normalizing a data
structure for use when a first process executing in a first
computer makes a remote procedure call on a second process
executing in a second computer.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method, executed by a first process in a first
computer system, of normalizing a data structure having a first
member definition structure which includes at least one member
and at least one padding bit, said data structure being
transmitted to the first process from a second process executing
in a second computer system using a remote procedure call,
comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving, on said first computer system, the data
structure;
(b) performing, by said first process in said first computer
system, a logical bitwise AND operation of the data structure
with a template structure and producing a normalized data
structure, said template structure having a second member
definition structure equivalent to the first member definition
structure and having member bits set to 1 and padding bits set to
0; and
(c) replacing the data structure with the normalized data
structure.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Davidson et al. (Davidson) 5,307,490 Apr. 26, 1994
(filed Aug. 28, 1992)
Claims 1-3 and 5-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as being based on an inadequate disclosure.
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