Appeal 2006-3396
Application 10/165,081
code. In paragraph [0097], Chiang shows that the generated source code
includes file CostCalculator.java, which in turn includes a line "click method
code here." Chiang shows in paragraph [0099] the file CostCalculator.java
with the source code added by the web developer. The code added includes
the getter and setter code referenced by the Examiner. Thus, the getter and
setter code of paragraph [0099] is entered by the user and not generated.
However, in response to Appellants' Brief, the Examiner directs our
attention to getter code in paragraph [0097] of Chiang. Since the code
shown in paragraph [0097] is source code generated by the web application
generator and includes getter code, the Examiner asserts that Chiang
discloses generating source code that is selected from setter and getter
source code. Appellants' sole counterargument (Reply Br. 2) is that
"paragraph 97 only includes the code line 'public int getUnitPrice(String
item_code).'" Appellants do not indicate that the code in paragraph [0097] is
not getter code, nor that it is not generated. That the code only includes a
single line of getter code is not persuasive, because the claims do not require
more than a single line. Further, the claims do not require both getter and
setter code. Lastly, the claims do not preclude entering getter and setter
source code in addition to generating some. Consequently, we will sustain
the anticipation rejection of claims 1, 2, 5 through 9, 12 through 15, and 18
through 20, all of which were argued as a single group.
Regarding claims 3, 10, and 16, Appellants contend (Br. 7) that
Chiang does not disclose receiving a user selection of getter and setter
source code. The Examiner (Answer 5) asserts that Chiang's screens shown
in Figures 9 and 10, in which the user can enter a number for a variable
name in the generated source code, correspond to the claimed steps of
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