Appeal No. 2002-1028
Application No. 09/208,430
means for accepting a mid-game entry request, said mid-game
entry request being requested while one of said first and second
players is playing a game in a first game space, and said mid-
game entry request asking permission for another player to play
said game together within said first game space;
means for creating reconstruction information for
reconstructing said first game space;
means for transferring said reconstruction information from
one game machine to another game machine; and
means for reconstructing said first game space in another
game space in another game machine, based on said reconstruction
information, and for allowing said other player to play said game
in the reconstructed game space.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Logg 4,738,451 Apr. 19, 1988
Tashiro et al. (Tashiro) 4,958,835 Sep. 25, 1990
Claims 1 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Logg in combination with Tashiro.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed August 9, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper No.
15, filed May 30, 2001) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 18, filed
October 9, 2001) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied prior
art references, and the respective positions articulated by
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