Appeal No. 1997-3425 Page 5
Application No. 08/087,824
automatically copying said first version of said
selected software application from said memory onto
said removable storage medium prior to initiation of
installation of an alternate version of said
selected software application in response to said
selection thereof wherein said installation may be
selectively reversed; and
creating a directory within said removable
storage medium listing each alternate version of
said selected software application contained therein
and a unique identification of each data processing
system among said plurality of data processing
systems which has utilized each of said alternate
versions of said selected software application.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Cwiakala et al. (Cwiakala) 5,257,379 Oct. 26, 1993
(filing date Nov. 4,
1991)
Bealkowski et al. (Bealkowski) 5,355,489 Oct. 11, 1994
(filing date Mar. 26,
1991)
Fisher et al. (Fisher) 5,367,686 Nov. 22, 1994
(filing date Apr. 12,
1993)
Microsoft® MS-DOS® Operating System version 5.0 Getting
Started (user manual), Microsoft Corporation 1991.
Claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Microsoft in view of Fisher.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
Microsoft in view of Cwiakala further in view of Fisher.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
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