Appeal No. 1998-3383
Application 08/352,662
means, responsive to locating an undefined process
variable field in the process control block corresponding to
the first process, for defining a User Defined Process
Variable in the undefined process variable field; and
means for assigning a value to a User Defined Process
Variable in the control block corresponding to the first
process.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Bristol 5,247,693 Sept. 21, 1993
Stevens, "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment",
pp. 85-90, 130, 172, 173, 188, 189, 190, 192, 210, 238-240,
(1992).
Claims 1-10, 12-21 and 23-28 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stevens in view of
Bristol.
Rather than reiterate arguments of Appellant and
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1-10, 12-21
and 23-28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie case.
It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why one having
ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the claimed
invention by the express teachings or suggestions found in the
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