
Appeal 2009-012273
Application 101635,397
Christopher
N.
Kline (Appellant) seeks review under 35 U.S.C.
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134
(2002) of a final rejection of claims 1, 5-8, 11-14, 18-21, 24-26, and 28, the
only claims pending in the application on appeal. We have jurisdiction over
the appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
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6(b) (2002).
The Appellant invented a way of determining when to run maintenance
operations based on predetermined system criteria (Specification 4:s-9).
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below [bracketed matter and some
paragraphing added].
1. A method for automatically scheduling performance of
maintenance tasks to maintain at least one server in a
distributed computing environment, comprising:
[I] providing a distributed computing environment with a
plurality of servers, including said at least one server;
[2] monitoring server conditions on said at least one server
to dynamically detect at least one predetermined criterion
for performing at least one maintenance task
on said at least one server
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Our decision will make reference to the Appellant's Appeal Brief ("App.
Br.," filed December 9, 2008) and the Examiner's Answer ("Ans.," mailed
March 10, 2009).
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