The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GLEN S. BURKE and GAIL ZACHARIAS
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Appeal No. 1997-2467
Application No. 08/509,753
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-4 and 11-18. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to computer
programming language constructs. Many computer languages used
to develop programs are static languages. Programs written in
such languages cannot be modified without recompilation.
Dynamic languages, in contrast, allow certain actions to be
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