Appeal 2007-1105
Application 09/731,912
1 STATEMENT OF CASE
2 Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection of
3 claims 1-3, 5-13, 15-16, 18-21, and 23-45. We have jurisdiction under 35
4 U.S.C. § 6(b). On May 23, 2007, an oral hearing was conducted regarding
5 this appeal.
6 Appellant invented a system, method, and computer readable medium
7 for editing group-editable electronic documents (Specification 1:5-6).
8 Specifically, Appellant’s group editing is of layout or format. (Specification
9 2:16)
10 Representative independent claim 1 and dependent claims 34-36
11 under appeal read as follows:
12 1. A group-editable web page editing system comprising:
13
14 an element selection device that selects a portion of an
15 electronic document, wherein the selected portion includes at least one
16 of template information or formatting information stored within the
17 electronic document;
18
19 an editing device that determines an edit user interface and
20 allows editing of the selected portion through the edit user interface,
21 wherein the edit user interface allows editing of at least one of the
22 template information or the formatting information of the selected
23 portion; and
24
25 an updating device that replaces the selected portion with the
26 edited portion.
27
28 34. The system of claim 1, wherein the formatting information
29 comprises at least one of text, images, and formatting codes editable
30 by one or more authorized users, and wherein the formatting
31 information is distinct from editable content items of the electronic
32 document.
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