Appeal No. 96-2693 Application No. 08/018,972 different computers by executing a load hardware attribute instruction within the portable program; (b) optimizing, by the portable application program, performance of at least a portion of the portable application program for the one of the different computers based on the at least one hardware attribute read in step (a); and (c) thereafter executing at least the portion of the portable application program optimized in step(b). The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows: PKZIP Create/Update Utility Version 2.04c, December 28, 1992 (PKZIP). The Microsoft Windows Resource Kit, 1992 Microsoft Corporation (MWRK). Claims 1 and 5 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by PKZIP Create/Update Utility Version 2.04c. Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over PKZIP Create/Update Utility Version 2.04c in view of The Microsoft Windows Resource Kit. Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007