Appeal No. 2002-0364
Application No. 08/951,812
objects from the first class and one or more objects from the
second class,” as claimed.
A mere class diagram (page 39 of Rational Rose) that
contains icons representing classes, showing general
relationships between classes (association, inheritance, has and
uses), and a general discussion of interaction diagrams and
collaboration diagrams (page 97 of Rational Rose) do not disclose
or suggest “creating a reference-based association relating first
and second classes by specifying a reference attribute in the
first class corresponding to the second class, wherein the
reference attribute in the first class includes a type and
cardinality” or of “instantiating one or more objects from the
first class and one or more objects from the second class,” as
claimed. Rational Rose says nothing about “a reference
attribute” and how the reference attribute of a first class
corresponds to a second class.
Similarly, C++ does not disclose or suggest this claim
limitation and does not provide for the deficiencies of Rational
Rose.
Since, in our view, the examiner has failed to present a
prima facie case of obviousness with regard to the instant
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