Appeal No. 1999-2720
Application No. 08/580,965
As to item (a) above, we agree with the Examiner that the
memory and a data processing system would have been inherent
components of the system of Tichy for performing version
management. The Tichy article is directed to computer science
software development and the use of version control systems
for programs. The storage of data is explicitly16 and
implicitly disclosed by Tichy.
Furthermore, Appellant has not argued contrary to the
Examiner's finding.
Therefore, as the extrinsic evidence makes it clear that
the missing descriptive matter is necessarily present in the
reference of Tichy and that it would be so recognized by one
skilled in this art, we find memory and a data processing
system to be disclosed by Tichy.
As to item (b) above, we agree with the Examiner that
since Tichy teaches determining the difference between any one
version and its successor/predicessor, it would have been
obvious to apply the teaching to version S3 and S1 so that
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