Appeal No. 2001-1362
Application No. 08/670,684
incorporates the ability [to] bypass the transport for the purpose of efficiently sending calls to
remote systems.” Although the examiner indicated supra that Hamilton discloses a local method
table as well as a remote method table, the examiner acknowledges (answer, page 4) that the
combined teachings of Hamilton and Kapoor lack “local method table and local dispatch
information.” The examiner states (answer, page 4) that Danforth teaches “local dispatch
information (dispatch) (col. 20-21, lines 1-68),” and that “[i]t would be obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time of the invention to use the local method table and dispatching mechanism
of Danforth the client/server system of Hamilton as modified by Kapoor because it allows the ability
to maintain local state information of an object and the ability to invoke an object locally on client
system.”
Appellants argue (brief, page 9) that:
Although Kapoor et al. teaches routing calls from a client to a servant, and
Hamilton et al. teaches the concept of a method table, it is respectfully submitted that
no combination of Kapoor et al., Hamilton et al., and Danforth teaches the claimed
method. Specifically, no combination of Kapoor et al., Hamilton et al., and
Danforth[.] teaches or suggests routing a call using a local method table and
bypassing a transport layer when a client and a servant share the same process.
Further, no combination of Kapoor et al., Hamilton et al., and Danforth teaches or
suggests routing a call using a remote method table and a transport layer when a
client and a servant do not share the same process.
We agree with appellants’ arguments. We additionally agree with appellants’ argument
(reply brief, page 3) that “since Hamilton et al. and Danforth each teach of only a single method
table, while neither differentiates between local and remote procedure calls, and since Kapoor et al.
does not mention the use of method tables, combining the teachings of Kapoor et al., Hamilton et
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