Appeal No. 1998-3399
Application No. 08/239,138
Claim 40 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
40. In a computer system comprising a processor
executing at least one process, said computer system
operating in a context, a method for evaluating
context comprising the steps of:
providing at least one context module,
upon occurrence of a specified event, executing
the context module to perform a context check to
generate a context check result;
providing the result of the context check when
requested by the process.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Adrian Nye, "Xlib Programming Manual, Vol.1, Third Ed.,"
O'Reilly and Associates, pp. 44, 59, 250, 288, 316, 441-3,
448-55. (July 1992). (Nye)
Quercia et al., "X Window System User's Guide," O'Reilly and
Associates, (January 1991), pp. 21, 237-9, 500. (Quercia)
Claims 1 through 5, 10 through 13, and 15 through 43
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Nye.
Claims 6 through 9 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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