Ex Parte Barker et al - Page 2

                 Appeal 2007-0475                                                                                      
                 Application 10/047,312                                                                                
                                                 INTRODUCTION                                                          
                        The claims relate to packaging one or more interfaces between a                                
                 generic management model and specific system consoles.  Claim 1 is                                    
                 illustrative:                                                                                         

                        1. A method of packaging management data adapted to interoperate                               
                 with one or more management consoles, said method comprising:                                         
                        receiving one or more console identifiers, each of the console                                 
                 identifiers corresponding to one of the management consoles;                                          
                        retrieving one or more plug-in code files, each of the plug-in code                            
                 files derived from the management data and each adapted to interface with                             
                 one of the management consoles;                                                                       
                        retrieving one or more display panel files derived from the                                    
                 management data; and                                                                                  
                        writing the plug-in code files and the display panels to a distribution                        
                 medium.                                                                                               
                        The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show                              
                 unpatentability:                                                                                      
                 Agnihotri   US 6,311,321 B1  Oct. 30, 2001                                                            
                 “Common Information Model (CIM) Specification”, version 2.2, Distributed                              
                 Management Task Force, Inc., June 14, 1999.                                                           

                        The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:                                    
                     1. Claims 1, 3-8, 10-15, 17-21, and 25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.                               
                        § 102(e) as being anticipated by Agnihotri.                                                    
                     2. Claims 2, 9, 16, and 22-24 are rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as                             
                        unpatentable over Agnihotri and CIM.                                                           


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