Appeal No. 2001-2000 Application No. 08/964,096 not an instance along with actions required to conform that stored set to the true set of indexes.” We agree. Anderson’s figure 1 shows memory elements within part of the overall computer environment 12. The relationship of any version of an object discussed in this reference to persistence (permanent storage) in any memory appears not to be disclosed in this reference. The various versions of an object in Anderson appear to be discussed in terms of real time or nonpersistent, temporary storage since no fields are modified in this reference to migrate the object as claimed in each independent claim on appeal, that is, to automatically store in permanent storage with a migrated object, the initial set of fields unchanged by at least one modification along with any action necessary to change the initial set of fields to the modified set of fields. With all this said, we also tend to agree with appellants’ observations at the top of page 3 of the reply brief. There, appellants express the view that Anderson 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007