Ex Parte Bier - Page 6

                Appeal 2007-1105                                                                             
                Application 09/731,912                                                                       

           1          6. The Chang reference further describes the claimed an updating                       
           2    device that replaces the selected portion with the edited portion, in the form               
           3    of supplanting the original (p. 4, ll. 3-5).                                                 
           4          7. The Chang reference further describes the electronic document                       
           5    is an HTML document with template, formatting, and content information                       
           6    (p. 5, ll. 16-19;  p. 11, l. 5; pp. 11-12, section 4.1; and pp. 13-14,                       
           7    section 4.5).                                                                                
           8          8. The Chang reference further describes the formatting                                
           9    information comprises codes which are distinct from editable content items.                  
          10    Page 14 shows standard “<B>” and “</B>” HTML bold formatting                                 
          11    information stored within the electronic document and distinct content                       
          12    information “Abe L.” stored within the document.                                             
          13          9. The Chang reference further describes that the formatting                           
          14    information is editable by an authorized user (p. 11, l. 2).                                 
          15          10. The Chang reference further describes an edit merging device                       
          16    that merges first modified content information back into the electronic                      
          17    document even if second content information was altered while the first                      
          18    information was modified (p. 7, ll. 16-19; p. 14, section 4.6).                              
          19          11. The prior art Giljum patent teaches that it is desirable to edit the               
          20    template or “style” of web pages.  (Col. 8, ll. 3-5).                                        
          21          12. The prior art Giljum patent teaches that it is desirable to edit the               
          22    formatting or “fonts” of web pages.  (Col. 8, ll. 52-54).                                    
          23          13. The prior art Skok published application describes an HTML                         
          24    content and format editor at paragraph [0065]:                                               
          25                [0065] Once a user is authorized to create or edit content,                      
          26                the user may invoke tools of the invention to create or                          

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