Appeal No. 1997-4128
Application 08/354,699
A method in a data processing system for debugging an object
from a plurality of objects forming an application in an object
oriented system utilizing a graphic user interface, wherein a
number of the plurality of objects each includes at least one
action slot, each action slot containing at least one action
object, the method comprising the data processing system
implemented steps of:
storing each action object within an action slot in an
activation object in response to an event associated with the
action slot generated by a user utilizing the graphic user
interface; and
storing data sent to each action object in the activation
object, the data being data required to recreate the event,
wherein action objects responsive to the event may be debugged.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Coplien et al. (Coplien) 5,093,914 Mar. 03,
1992
Padawer et al. (Padawer) 5,124,989 Jun. 23,
1992 The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Coplien in view of Padawer.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellants
with regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in
the final rejection (Paper No. 8) and the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 14), and the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 13).
Appellants’ Invention
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