Appeal No. 1999-1604
Application 08/741,419
teaches or suggest a widget comprising means which, at
runtime, set a resource of that widget to one or more
invocations of arbitrary functions. Turning to Tonouchi,
Appellants point out that this reference discloses a system 4
named Oak which supports construction of a widget by direct
manipulation of graphics. The widget is programmed by Oak
and thus does not modify itself. Appellants note that in
Tonouchi predefined widgets using a graphics editor are used5
to create the widget instead of writing program code.
In regard to the Examiner’s contention that Tonouchi
teaches a means which sets the resources of the widget to one6
or more invocations of arbitrary functions, Appellants assert7
that this is incorrect as this section of Tonouchi discusses
the BVI model. This model, Appellants argue, provides for
the behavior of the object which specifies the action of the
widget, and this behavior is set at compile time, and
4Abstract, page 95, column 1, lines 10-14.
5Page 95, column 2, lines 26-36.
6Page 96, column 1, paragraph 2.
7Brief, pages 6-7.
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