Appeal No. 2001-0024
Application No. 08/827,285 Page 8
The examiner responds (answer, page 4) with respect to (a)
that “[o]ne of ordinary skill would have broadly viewed the
program modules of Marks as cooperating objects, because in order
for the system to function properly the modules must work in
tandem to produce the final accounting results.” The examiner
adds (answer, page 6) that “one of ordinary skill in the computer
programming art would know the advantages of applying object
oriented programming techniques to an accounting software program
like Marks to make it flexible and extensible in order to serve
more users.” The examiner additionally asserts (answer, pages 6
and 7) that Marks (col. 8, lines 12-24) provides the foundation
for the core business functions and the extensible functions
(such as balances, budgets, etc). The examiner adds (answer,
page 7) that "[t]hose of ordinary skill in the computer
programming art would have been able to construct such a system
without undue experimentation in light of the teachings and
suggestions in Bigus. With respect to (b) the examiner responds
(answer, page 4) that Table II of Marks lists the symbolic codes,
control records and attributes used in the accounting system,
which the examiner considers to be the equivalent of the claimed
"Chart of Accounting Attributes." The examiner responds
(answer, pages 4 and 5) with respect to (c) that claim 3
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