Ex Parte Kropf et al - Page 6

                Appeal 2007-1571                                                                             
                Application 10/198,335                                                                       
                      Our review of the disclosure of Prichard, however, finds ample                         
                evidence to support the Examiner’s position.  While Prichard’s Figure 8                      
                “screen shot” of the HTML editor arguably shows the editing of interface                     
                content format, such as date and time formatting, as argued by Appellants, it                
                is apparent to us that the disclosure of Prichard is not limited to the                      
                formatting of interface content information but, rather, also provides for the               
                editing of the layout or arrangement of the interface content information.                   
                      For example, Prichard discloses in paragraph [0016], lines 11-13, that                 
                the XML text files define “data format, relative location on the screen,                     
                presentation format, and application data identifier(s) for each display field.”             
                (Emphasis added).  Further, at lines 6-9 of paragraph [0032], Prichard                       
                discloses that the user interface definition files 12 “comprise general screen               
                layout text files written in HTML format ….”  (Emphasis added).  Prichard                    
                also discloses at lines 25-27 of paragraph [0032] the use of web scripting                   
                software enabling a user to dynamically change or edit files by interacting                  
                with the displayed graphical user interface.  Further evidence in support of                 
                the Examiner’s position appears in the description in Prichard’s paragraph                   
                [0047] of the remote service center embodiment in which a service                            
                technician can edit interface data such as screen layout information.                        
                      We further find to be unpersuasive Appellants’ contention (Br. 10)                     
                that Prichard does not disclose the editing of a “particular” interface layout               
                since, according to Appellants, Prichard is limited at best to adding new files              
                with a new layout.  We agree with the Examiner (Answer 15), however, that                    
                Prichard provides a disclosure (paragraphs [0032], [0033], and [0047]) of                    
                selecting and editing existing interface screen layout definition files.                     



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