Appeal No. 2002-1398
Application No. 08/572,474
an object. The invention proceeds from Appellants’ use of a key
for each object, which key is permanent, unchanging.”
For a particular object, the key returned at object creation
is the same key used for finding or activating that same
particular object. The question is whether the instant claims,
in fact, require the same key.
Appellants agree that COSS/CORBA teach object creation and
return of an object reference. Appellants also agree that Travis
uses an instance key and class in finding or activating. But,
appellants maintain that these teachings “do not make their claim
elements relating to returning a key as part of object creation
and thereafter using that key to find or activate” (brief-page
9).
It is the examiner’s position that the instant claims do not
require the key from the object creation to be the same key used
for object finding/activating. Appellants respond that “[w]hile
that position is strenuously opposed by Appellants with regard to
claims 27, 28 and 30, that position is categorically untrue with
regard to claim 29" (brief-page 10).
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