Appeal No. 2006-2379
Application No. 09/740,585
corresponding the data cells to the data entities and the calculation cells to the
calculation entities so that the visual representation and the spreadsheet have a
functional equivalence;
detecting changes in the cells of the spreadsheet and changes in the entities of the
visual representation; and
automatically changing the entities in the visual representation to correspond to the
detected changes in the cells of the spreadsheet and automatically changing the cells
in the spreadsheet to correspond to detected changes in the entities in the visual
representation so as to automatically maintain a functional equivalence between the
visual representation and the spreadsheet.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Himmel et al. (Himmel) 6,041,360 Mar. 21, 2000
Brandywine Software LLC, Spreadsheet x1NavigatorTM, Sept. 28, 2000, pages 1 through 9.
Claims 1 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
the Brandywine Software publication in view of Himmel.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will reverse the
obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 22.
Brandywine displays entities in a visual representation that correspond to cells of a
spreadsheet (pages 4 and 7).
The appellants agree with the examiner that “Brandywine does not teach or suggest
automatically making a change to a visual representation based on changes made to a
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007