Appeal No. 2005-0133
Application 10/037,390
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus that make it possible to develop applications for a
microcontroller or an integrated circuit card using a high level
language and standard programming tools.
Representative claim 106 is reproduced as follows:
106. A microcontroller comprising:
a memory storing:
a derivative application derived from an application having
a class file format wherein the application is derived from an
application having a class file format by first compiling the
application having a class file format into a compiled form and
then converting the compiled form into a converted form, and
an interpreter configured to interpret derivative
applications in the converted form and derived from applications
having a class file format; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured
to use the interpreter to interpret the derivative application
for execution.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Renner et al. (Renner) 5,679,945 Oct. 21, 1997
Peyret et al. (Peyret) 5,923,884 July 13, 1999
Claims 106-118, 120-128, 130-143, 145, 147 and 149 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness
the examiner offers Peyret in view of Renner.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the
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