Appeal No. 2001-1606
Application 08/582,661
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for sharing a resource between a plurality of
threads of a multi-threaded program, the method comprising the
steps of:
(A) causing a first thread of said plurality of threads to
perform the steps of
(A1) acquiring a resource lock associated with said source;
(A2) holding said resource lock until detecting that another
thread of said plurality of threads requires use of said
resource;
(A3) in response to detecting that another thread of said
plurality of threads requires use of said resource, performing
the steps of
(a) finishing any use of said resource;
(b) releasing said resource lock; and
(c) requesting said resource lock.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Richter, Jeffrey, Advanced Windows NT :The Developer’s Guide toTM
the Win32 Application Programming Interface, Microsoft Press,
1993, pages 173-288.
Claims 1, 3-21 and 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Richter
taken alone.
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