Appeal No. 2002-1398
Application No. 08/572,474
controllers, system bus, system control program; (2) protocol
neutral manner; (3) finding or activating of the particular
object using a key and an object class; and (4) invoking an
object method with one of at least two different invoking means.
The examiner cites Travis for an object oriented information
handling system which includes the elements alleged to be missing
from the COSS/CORBA combination, citing various portions of
Travis at page 4 of the answer.
With Travis’ teaching in mind, the examiner concludes that
it would have been obvious to include one or more processors,
storage system, one or more I/O controllers, system bus, system
control program, into COSS/CORBA. Further, the examiner
concludes that it would have been obvious to invoke an object in
a protocol neutral manner, to find or activate the particular
object using a key and an object class, and to invoke an object
method with one of at least two different invoking means in
COSS/CORBA.
The rationale offered by the examiner for making the
combination is that COSS/CORBA is but a software architecture for
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