Appeal No. 2002-0857
Application No. 09219,876
touching a key other than the “enter” key, while the screen saver
is displayed, will cause a password dialog box to appear on the
screen. Thus, this password dialog box may be considered a
display of “a first input window on the computer screen.”
Moving on with the instant claim language, the examiner
contends that when this password dialog box, or “first input
window,” is displayed, Franklin discloses that “if a first
particular input is detected, displaying a message input
window...” because client area 116 is equivalent to the claimed
“message input window.” The client area 116, or the entire note-
taker user interface 110, may be considered a “message input
window.” However, in order to meet the explicit claim language,
interface 110 or area 116 must be displayed “if a first
particular input is detected” while the first input window (i.e.,
the password dialog box) is displayed.
Franklin discloses that the note-taker user interface is
displayed if a visitor hits the “enter” key while the screen
saver is being displayed. The question is whether the hitting of
the “enter” key while the password dialog box is open and the
screen saver is displayed will cause the note-taker user
interface to be displayed. If so, then the claim language would
be met. If not, the claim language would not be met because the
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