Appeal No. 1997-2158 Page 9
Application No. 08/234,239
indicia 12 and 34 for the selected Program S ....” Col. 3,
ll. 1-9. Griswold does not cure the defects of Francisco.
For the foregoing reasons, we are not persuaded that the
prior art would have suggested the limitation of testing a
computer program or file for the presence of instructions that
are characteristic of a computer virus such as jump
instructions as claimed. The examiner has not established a
prima facie case of obviousness. Therefore, we reverse the
rejection of claims 1, 4-9, and 12-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
CONCLUSION
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