Appeal No. 2004-0499
Application No. 09/251,789
precisely this manual searching problem that is addressed by
Korel’s described DVCS system which provides, inter alia, for
automatic searching which provides client users access to other
network computers in a transparent manner.
We also find that the “automatic” nature of Korel’s DVCS
system is explicitly described at various portions of Korel. For
example, Korel (page 164, left column, first paragraph) describes
the automatic checking of the network computers for the existence
of inconsistent software application versions which, in our view,
corresponds to the claimed “automatic querying” feature. As
disclosed by Korel (id.), “[i[f the inconsistency is detected, it
is corrected automatically . . . . ”
Similarly, we find that Korel’s description (page 164, left
and right column bridging paragraph) of the compilation of
software modules by automatically identifying their location in
the network, i.e., by automatic identification of network
addresses, corresponds to the claimed “automatic assembling”
feature. Further, we agree with the Examiner that Appellants’
statements at page 7, lines 9-11 serve as an admission that the
particular claimed alternative methods of assembling addresses
are well known in the art. Although Appellants contend (Brief,
page 11; Reply Brief, page 6) that the stated admission is
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