Appeal No. 2001-0653 Application 08/820,736 It seems that "functional value computed from attributes of the related procedure" in claim 26 could read on the disclosed calculated check sum for the procedure. As another example, in programming it is common to use a "make file" which is a set of instructions (usually ASCII Text) to build a program. The make utility reads the dependencies, figures out which items need to be rebuilt (for example you changed the source code of a module after the last time it was built) and automates the process by executing the appropriate set of commands. The process of determining which modules were changed must use some attributes of the module and is one way of determining if specific profile data is valid. Thus, we conclude that the examiner has not established a prima facie case of indefiniteness. The rejection of claim 26 is reversed. Obviousness Grouping of claims Appellants identify the following groups of claims, with the individual claims within each claim group standing or falling together (Br6). The representative claim in each group, as argued by appellants, is underlined; the representative claims chosen by the examiner (EA7) differ for Groups 4 and 5, but this does not affect the analysis. Group 1 - Claims 1, 3, 4, 20-22, 32, 34, and 40; - 7 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007