Appeal No. 2002-0034
Application 09/052,646
eliminate an object if the object is in a first state when
all client references to the object are released; and
preserve the object if the object is in a second state when
all client references are released.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Kwan, et al. (Kwan), "Practical distributed garbage collection
for networks with asynchronous clocks and message delay," IEEE,
pg. 406-411 (June 1994).
Claims 1, 3-10 and 12-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Kwan
alone.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse.
Each independent claim 1, 10, 16, and 24 on appeal in some
manner recites in part a feature of deleting or eliminating an
object in an object oriented programming environment under
specified conditions. The deletion of the object occurs in claim
16 when all the clients to that object have released that object.
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