Appeal No. 2001-0051
Application No. 08/414,240
BACKGROUND
This application returns to our jurisdiction following a remand to the examiner.
The application was remanded by this panel for reasons detailed in the paper mailed
March 29, 2002 (Paper No. 36). We requested that the examiner reweigh the merits of
the standing rejections in light of arguments and evidence submitted by appellants in
the Reply Brief. The examiner was authorized to issue a supplemental examiner’s
answer under 37 CFR § 1.193(b)(1) in the event that the examiner held to the view that
the subject matter on appeal was unpatentable in view of the rejections applied against
the claims. The examiner issued a supplemental examiner’s answer, to which
appellants responded in an additional paper.
Appellants’ invention is directed to method and apparatus for creating and
installing objects on a distributed object system. Representative claim 31 is reproduced
below.
31. A distributed object suitable for use on a distributed object system,
comprising:
a) a call to a developer-written function contained in a developer-
written servant class of objects; and
b) wrapper statements contained in a wrapper class of objects, which
wrapper class has an inheritance relationship with the servant class, wherein the
wrapper class inherits from the developer-written servant class of developer-
written objects, the wrapper statements including services for supporting the
operation of the distributed object on the distributed object system.
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