Ex Parte Gownder et al - Page 5

                Appeal 2006-3396                                                                             
                Application 10/165,081                                                                       

                displaying a screen including one or more of the created variables and                       
                receiving a user selection corresponding to generating the getter and setter                 
                source code for the variable name.  The issue, therefore, is whether Chiang                  
                discloses a user selection corresponding to generating getter and setter                     
                source code.                                                                                 
                      We agree with Appellants.  Although Chiang's Figures 9 and 10 show                     
                display screens corresponding to variable names, there is no indication in                   
                Chiang that the user makes a selection corresponding to generating getter                    
                and setter source code.  Entering a value for the variable name does not                     
                correspond to generating getter and setter source code.  Therefore, we cannot                
                sustain the anticipation of claims 3, 10, and 15.                                            
                      For claims 4, 11, and 17, Appellants contend (Br. 8) that Chiang fails                 
                to disclose that the generation of getter and setter source code includes the                
                steps of selecting a source code template and combining the template with a                  
                variable name.  The Examiner (Answer 6) relies on paragraph [0098] of                        
                Chiang as disclosing the claimed steps.  The issue is whether Chiang                         
                discloses generating getter and setter source code by selecting a source code                
                template and combining the template with a variable name.                                    
                      We find nothing in paragraph [0098] or elsewhere in Chiang that                        
                would suggest selecting a getter or setter source code template and                          
                combining it with a variable name.  The code of paragraph [0097] is a source                 
                code template that includes a line of getter source code, but nowhere do we                  
                find generating the line of getter source code by selecting a template and                   
                combining it with a variable name.  Therefore, we will not sustain the                       
                anticipation rejection of claims 4, 11, and 17.                                              


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