Appeal No. 1997-1654 Page 16
Application No. 08/431,307
However, as is particularly evident in Lam, a
modified collection of shared code segments, which
impart "attributes" to a NewWave object instance,
is, specified when the object is created and
executed. Similarly, the "code" which serves as a
"source" for defining a Rosenthal widget is
necessarily modified when a subordinate instance of
the widget is formed, using "overriding attributes".
(Examiner’s Answer at 5.)
We agree with the examiner.
Claims 29 and 39 each merely specifies that “said step of
assigning a predetermined value to each of the overriding
attributes comprises modifying a source code corresponding to
the program.” Rosenthal teaches a “Hello, World” computer
program. P. 71. Insertion of lines of code specifying
overriding attributes, i.e., the “Hello, World” string, into
the program modifies the original program. This insertion
would have suggested that “said step of assigning a
predetermined value to each of the overriding attributes
comprises modifying a source code corresponding to the
program.” Therefore, we affirm the rejections of claims 29
and 39. Next, we address the obviousness of claims 30, 40,
and 48.
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