Appeal No. 1997-1654 Page 11
Application No. 08/431,307
would have suggested “storing values for each of the default
attributes in a first internal memory” and “storing values for
each of the overriding attributes in a separate second
internal memory ....”
Second, the appellants argue that Rosenthal does not
teach “the claimed building step.” (Appeal Br. at 14.) The
examiner makes the following reply.
Certain default attributes are defined when a
toplevel object is created and other overriding
attributes are defined at the creation of a
subordinate instance of that toplevel object. Thus,
... Rosenthal indeed “‘requires’ the building step
of claim 26" when new subobjects are launched.
(Examiner’s Answer at 4.)
We agree with the examiner. Claims 26-28, 31-37, and 47 each
specify in pertinent part the “building [of] a set of final
attributes from the default attributes and the overriding
attributes ....”
The appellants again err in considering Rosenthal in less
than its entirety. As aforementioned, Rosenthal creates a
Label Widget to display the “Hello, World” string. The
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