Appeal No. 2001-1197
Application No. 09/019,137
address of the object plus the value in field mdisp." Examiner
argues that this offsets the value of the pointer. See page 8 of
the Examiner's answer.
As pointed out by our reviewing court, we must first
determine the scope of the claim. "[T]he name of the game is the
claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d 1523,
1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
We note that independent claim 1 recites
determining an offset of a location of the pointer from
the location that the pointer is to point to; and
storing the offset as the value of the pointer in the
location of the pointer.
We also note that independent claim 5 recites
using the retrieved value as an offset from the
location of the pointer to identify the location
pointed by the pointer.
Similarly, independent claim 10 recites
an effector of determining an offset of a location of
the pointer from a location that the pointer is to
point to; and an effector of storing the offset as a
value of the pointer in the location of the pointer.
Finally, independent claim 11 recites
an effector of retrieving from a location of the
pointer a value of the pointer; and an effector of
using the retrieved value as an offset from the
location of the pointer to identify the location
pointed to by the pointer.
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