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              Appeal 2007-0436                                                                       
              Application 10/125,620                                                                 

                    in part, proximately to a GUI control or field of most recent user               
                    interaction;                                                                     
                          allowing at least some GUI interaction to occur while said                 
                    popup is displayed; and                                                          
                          automatically dismissing said popup when said message has                  
                    been addressed.                                                                  
                    The Examiner relies on the following prior art references in rejecting           
              the claims:                                                                            
              Evans    US 6,799,286 B1   Sep. 28, 2004                                               
                                                              (filed Apr. 21, 2000)                  
              Grillo    US 6,717,589 B1   Apr. 6, 2004                                               
                                                              (filed Mar. 16, 2000)                  
                    The Examiner rejected claims 1-2, 4-12, 14-18, 20-24, and 26-28                  
              under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), as being unpatentable over Evans in view of                  
              Grillo.                                                                                
                    Rather than repeat the arguments here, we make reference to the Brief            
              and the Answer for the respective positions of Appellant and the Examiner.             
                    We affirm.                                                                       

                                              ISSUES                                                 
                    The issue is whether Evans discloses an error message resulting from             
              a combination of values and whether the teachings of Evans and Grillo may              
              be properly combined to render the present claims obvious.                             





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