Ex Parte MALCOLM - Page 6




          Appeal No. 2001-1934                                                        
          Application 08/977,749                                                      


          found in or inherent in Kolawa alone.  Additional evidence is               
          lacking to make up for the deficiencies of Kolawa alone as to the           
          disputed features.  The examiner's reference to the data                    
          structures that may be resident in symbolic memory 112, shown in            
          Figure 12 as part of the symbolic execution module broadly                  
          depicted in Figure 11, also does not support the examiner's views           
          as to the principal issue on appeal.                                        
               Since independent system claim 8 and independent product               
          claim 15 have features which correspond to those noted earlier              
          with respect to the method independent claim 1 on appeal, the               
          rejection of them must be reversed as well.  Correspondingly, the           



















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