Appeal No. 2005-0523 Page 2 Application No. 10/264,733 (Globally Unique Identifiers) GUIDs and even if the first and second objects have different interfaces. Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A method for object oriented programming comprising: creating a first object having a first identifer, said object associated with a first client; providing a second object having a second identifier, said second object associated with the first client, said first and second identifiers being different; and using said second object with said first client in place of the first object without recompiling. The examiner relies on the following reference: Miloushev et al. (Miloushev) US 2001/0037412 Nov. 1, 2001 Claims 1-5, 12, 13 and 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Miloushev. Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Miloushev taken alone. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence of anticipation and obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s arguments set forth in the briefs along with thePage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007