Appeal No. 1999-1563
Application 08/509,619
core function as "aspects of the framework mechanism that are
present to provide/ensure consistent behavior of the framework
as a whole". As to the Lemon passage, Appellants assert that
it describes how public interfaces are well defined, and as
they make up extensible functions, they should be well defined
(Appellants' emphasis). The passage, it is asserted, does not
teach core function that is designed not to be changed. In
addition, Appellants point to Lemon's statement that
"frameworks may decompose into sub-frameworks . . ." to show
that their frameworks can be extended and can be broken apart.
In response to Appellants' arguments the Examiner first
points to column 16, lines 50-51, of Lemon which states "The12
booting framework must provide a set of base system
functions". The Examiner interprets "base" system functions to
correspond to "core" system functions not subject to
modification by the framework customer. Then the Examiner 13
interprets Lemon's terminology of "existing ensembles" to
correspond to "core" software functions not subject to
12Answer, page 8.
13Answer, page 9.
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