Appeal No. 96-4026
Application 07/781,564
environment in which the executable code is produced from the
source code, or both, the independent parse tree is independent
of both the language and the environment. Information about the
source code is then discovered by analyzing the independent parse
tree.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method of discovering information useful to a programmer
about a specific aspect of the source code of a computer program,
the source code being written and compiled in one of a plurality
of language-environment combinations and the method comprising
the steps of:
receiving a dependent parse tree for the program which is
generated as required by the language-environment combination
used to write and compile the source code;
translating the dependent parse tree into an independent
parse tree which is independent of the language-environment
combination; and
analyzing the independent parse tree as required to obtain
the information.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Chan et al. (Chan) 5,276,881 Jan. 4, 1994
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 8 and 10 through 13 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. ' 102(e) as anticipated by Chan. Claims 3 and 9
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as unpatentable over Chan.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
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