Appeal No. 1998-3399
Application No. 08/239,138
Claim 40 includes three steps, 1) providing a context
module, 2) executing the module to perform a context check
upon
occurrence of an event, and 3) providing the context check
result
when needed by the process. The examiner (Answer, page 3)
states that the resource files of Nye are context modules and
XGetDefault() is an event which causes both the resource files
in the resource database to be evaluated and also the resource
value result to be provided when requested by an X client or
process.
Appellant argues (Brief, pages 6-7) that "Nye neither
teaches nor discloses the context checking mechanism of the
present invention, which enables applications to remain
unmodified through changes in computing environments, as the
context manager performs the physical context checks using
context modules and provides the results back to the
requesting process." However, Nye states (page 448) that
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