Appeal No. 2006-2064
Application 09/771,761
establishment of a valid order in which components are to be installed or
removed. According to Appellants, Curtis merely provides a list of
dependent components which must be installed before depending programs,
but does not provide a valid order for the installation of the dependent
components.
After reviewing the Curtis reference in light of the arguments of
record, however, we are in general agreement with the Examiner’s position
as stated in the Answer. We find no error in the Examiner’s finding
(Answer, pages 9-14) that the Curtis reference which discloses (e.g., column
12, lines 13-50) that dependent program components be installed before
depending components therefore provides a valid order for the installation of
components as set forth in the appealed claims.
In our view, Appellants’ argument asserting that Curtis does not
provide a valid order of component installation is not commensurate with the
scope of the claims. As pointed out by the Examiner (Answer, page 6), there
is no language in the appealed claims which requires a relative order of
installation of plural dependent components as argued by Appellants. It is
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