Appeal No. 2004-0040
Application No. 09/273,820
selected files.” The user is clearly given the option to
selectively choose the files and the contents within the files to
be deleted to include all of the individual test vectors or
processes or physical design checks that may be encompassed
within a given file.
As to dependent claim 3, the examiner’s reliance upon the
portion of column 110 that we quoted earlier clearly indicates
that the Process/Data Manager keeps track of the files that are
being processed or executed, at least to the extent recited in
claim 3 on appeal. The substance of the features of claim 7 have
already been addressed in our earlier discussion. Thus, we are
not persuaded by appellant’s arguments at pages 17 and 18 of the
brief as to this claim.
As to dependent 10, we are persuaded by the examiner’s
rationale initially expressed at page 4 of the answer, which is
expanded upon slightly at pages 7 and 8 of the answer. As
compared to non argued claim 9, claim 10 requires that directory
locations of the respective first and second files be located at
different directory locations. As well argued by the examiner in
the noted portions in the examiner’s answer, the artisan would
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