Appeal No. 2003-1371 Page 8
Application No. 09/186,856
Because the inventions of the appellants and the reference are from the field of
electronic games, we find that Curchod is analogous art regardless of its classification.
C. GAME LOCATION
The examiner finds, "Stamper et al. teach a video display system having split
screen means being responsive to playing field location means such that when playing
token and game the control component 16 are within a preset range, the separate
portions of the graphical display for the two are merged into a single portion of the
graphical display, and when the two components' game locations (of playing token and
control component) are outside the preset range, the graphical display for those two
components is split into separate portions. . . ." (Final Rejection at 4.2) She further
finds, "Curchod teaches a double position golf simulator with split screen means being
responsive to player location means such that when two players' game locations are
within a preset range (when their golf balls are near the same hole), the separate
portions of the graphical display for the two players are merged into a single portion of
the graphical display, and when the two players' game locations are outside the preset
range (when the golf balls are near different holes), the graphical display for the two
players is split into separate portions. . . ." (Id.) The appellants argue, "the secondary
2"We advise the examiner to copy [her] rejections into [her] examiner’s answers,"
Ex parte Metcalf, 67 USPQ2d 1633, 1635 n.1 (Bd.Pat.App.& Int. 2003), rather than
merely referring to prior Office actions. (Examiner’s Answer at 3.)
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