Appeal No. 2003-0509 Page 12
Application No. 08/657,510
Claim 15 recites in pertinent part the following limitations: "second means for
displaying code for one of the classes, wherein said first and second means display the
selectable classes and the code simultaneously. . . ." Giving the representative claim its
broadest, reasonable construction, the limitations require displaying code for a selected
member of a class.
b. Obviousness Determination
In Rodens' class editor, "[w]hen you select a class in the left pane, the members
of the class appear in the right pane." P. 2 Because "clicking on a member name
brings up the member source code, which can then be edited directly in its pane," id.,
we find that a developer can select a member to display the code associated therewith.
3. Retrieving Class Package
The examiner finds, "Rodens teaches building an application over a network
(NetBuild part of Symantec C++ 7.0, allows distributed builds over networks, page 2, 5th
full para.)" (Examiner's Answer at 7.) The appellants "are unable to find a passage . . .
which teaches that classes (much less class packages) are retrieved from over a
network. . . ." (Appeal Br. at 10-11.)
a. Claim Construction
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