Appeal No. 2006-2106
Application No. 09/837,632
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to a computer-based method for handling errors
in World Wide Web based applications in a multilingual environment. According to
Appellants, separating data from a style sheet allows for retrieval of an error text and
application of it to a style sheet for displaying a specific error form to the user. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of claim 1, which is
reproduced as follows:
1. A method for generating error messages in a web based application, said
method comprising the steps of:
(a) searching said application for a predetermined error number;
(b) retrieving an error message corresponding to said error number;
(c) applying said error message to a style sheet in an error form; and
(d) displaying said error form on a requesting device.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Hind et al. (Hind) 6,585,778 Jul. 1, 2003
(filed Aug. 30, 1999)
Miksovsky et al. (Miksovsky) 6,526,529 Feb. 25, 2003
(filed Jun. 29, 1999)
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Miksovsky and Hind.2
2 The rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Praitis et al. (U.S.
Patent No. 6,594,697) and Bridgmen et al. (U.S. Patent No. 6,523,062) has been withdrawn by the
Examiner in the answer (page 3).
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