Appeal No. 2005-0523 Page 4
Application No. 10/264,733
is associated with a client without a need of recompilation.
Appellant argues that instead of teaching replacement of one
object with another object, Miloushev teaches allowing objects to
invoke directly the services of other objects. Thus, appellant
argues that at least two objects in Miloushev must interact with
one another as opposed to one object simply taking the place of
another object as claimed. Appellant also argues that in
Miloushev there is never any insertion of one object for another
object when the two identifiers of the associated objects are
different. Finally, appellant argues that any suggestion of
inherency in Miloushev is not supported by the evidence [brief,
pages 6-9].
The examiner responds that ActiveX controls use dynamic
link libraries (DLLs) and that DLLs do not require recompiling.
The examiner asserts that static links in Miloushev are
recompiled, but dynamic links are not recompiled. The thrust of
the examiner’s position is that the replacement of one object by
another as claimed is the essence of dynamic linking [answer,
pages 4-6].
Appellant responds that in Miloushev two objects must
interact rather than one object replacing another as claimed.
Appellant also responds that there is no connection between
having to compile or recompile and the DLL feature of ActiveX
controls. Appellant also asserts that the examiner has pointed
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