On Monday 19 March 2007 21:37, Ted Harding wrote:
Now, while the standard "doubl{e|y} linked list described at [1] above has been around since the year dot (or shortly thereafter), and is found everywhere, the second kind described at [2] above (though it has undoubtedly been implemented many times) could conceivably be considered sufficiently novel to provoke a patent application!
It certainly fails the "obvious to one skilled in the field" test
So my question, for clarification, is: Can anyone supply any reference of sufficiently long standing to demonstrate that the second kind of "double linked list" at [2] above is well established prior art?
They are sorting the list in various ways, and storing the previous results so they don't have to do them all over again when they need them again. If struct foo *next, *prev is old hat, why would struct foo *next[100], *prev[100] be a patentable invention. They are storing various paths in traversing a tree or graph. There is absolutely nothing about that that isn't patently (if you'll pardon the pun) "obvious to one skilled in the field" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org