Appeal No. 2001-1197
Application No. 09/019,137
OPINION
With full consideration being given the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejection and arguments of the Appellant
and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the
Examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 11 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102.
In the appeal brief, Appellant argues that Gray discloses a
base-relative offset pointer and not an auto-relative pointer as
claimed by the Appellant. Appellant points out that the claim
sets forth that the pointed-to location is a location offset by
the value of the pointer from the pointer's own location. See
page 4 of the appeal brief. Appellant argues that, in contrast,
Gray teaches pointers of a data structure and point into the data
structure such that the pointed-to location is offset by the
value of the pointer from a base address/location of the data
structure.
The Examiner's responds to Appellant's argument by stating
that Gray does not disclose a base-relative offset pointer and
instead does disclose an auto/self relative pointer. See page 7
of the Examiner's answer. The Examiner directs us to column 14,
line 41, wherein Gray states "when the pointer is dereferenced,
the address of the data member is effectively formed by the
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