Appeal No. 1997-4128
Application 08/354,699
The invention is adequately described at pages 2-5 of the
brief.
The Rejection under 35 U.S.C. §103
At page 5 of the brief, appellants state that for purposes of
this appeal, the claims will be grouped together.
With respect to Padawer, appellants argue that the reference
is not to analogous art and may not be used to form the basis of
the
rejection. The claimed invention relates to debugging object-
oriented programs using objects. The reference contemplates
debugging programs using a command-line program. In contrast,
appellants are concerned with object-oriented programs. Command-
line programs are at opposite ends of the spectrum, employing
widely disparate approaches and conceptual foundations, and
operating differently. It is argued that command-line programming
techniques are not reasonably pertinent to solving problems
arising in object-oriented programming. Appellants contend that
those skilled in object-oriented programming would not look to
command-line programming techniques to solve problems encountered
in object-oriented programs, particularly problems arising from
program execution.
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