Appeal No. 2003-0509 Page 7
Application No. 08/657,510
contains a list of classes in the application; the right pane shows the members, data,
and typedefs for the class; and the bottom pane shows the source." Id. at 1-2.
As aforementioned, the examiner equates the editor's left pane to the claimed
display of a graphical representation of an application under development. We are
unpersuaded that the left pane, however, displays an application under development.
Instead, the left pane shows "a list of classes in the application. . . ." Rodens, pp. 1-2.
For its part, Xu discloses "a method and system for developing computerized
network analysis and modeling applications." Col. 1, ll. 46-48. Although the secondary
reference displays a graphical representation, we are unpersuaded that it represents an
application under development, e.g., a network analysis and modeling applications
under development. To the contrary, one of the passages cited by the examiner, supra,
explains that Xu "display[s] a graphical representation of at least a portion of the
network to be modeled." Id. at ll. 63-64. We agree with the appellants that displaying a
network being modeled, "does not teach, suggest or disclose displaying a graphical
representation of an application being developed." (Appeal Br. at 7.)
The examiner does not allege, let alone show, that the addition of IBM or
Marmelstein cures the aforementioned deficiency of Rodens and Xu. Absent a teaching
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