Appeal No. 2003-1236
Application No. 09/093,657
as shown above”1 (answer, page 8). Additionally, the Examiner
asserts that parsing and mapping are common techniques used in
code generation and further relies on a disclosed function in
Garloff (col. 10, lines 38-50) which parses the code fragments
(answer, page 9).
A rejection for anticipation under section 102 requires that
the four corners of a single prior art document describe every
element of the claimed invention, either expressly or inherently,
such that a person of ordinary skill in the art could practice
the invention without undue experimentation. See Atlas Powder
Co. v. Ireco Inc., 190 F.3d 1342, 1347, 51 USPQ2d 1943, 1947
(Fed. Cir. 1999); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1478-79, 31 USPQ2d
1671, 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
After a review of Garloff, we agree with Appellant’s
assertion that the program specification of Garloff does not
represent a fourth generation language specification. Garloff
relates to a computer system using object-oriented management
techniques for the automatic generation of source code
(abstract). The system has three executable components: the
Inheritance Engine for providing a view of individual program
1 The examiner relies on a definition from “Que’s Computer
Programmer’s Dictionary,” Conrad Weisert, 1993, a copy of which was included
in the Examiner’s answer.
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