The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
__________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
__________
Ex parte ANTHONY JOHN O’DOWD
__________
Appeal No. 2006-3352
Application No. 09/682,520
___________
ON BRIEF
___________
Before HAIRSTON, BLANKENSHIP, and LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judges.
LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 15.
Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a method for tracing the execution path of a
computer program comprising at least one module including a plurality of instructions,
wherein at least one of the instructions is a branch instruction. The method comprises
the steps of identifying each branch instruction, evaluating each branch instruction to be
one of true or false, and responsive to an evaluation of true, pushing a unique identifier
into a predefined area of storage, wherein the unique identifier is associated with the
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007