Appeal No. 2006-1942
Application No. 09/795,722
(filed Aug. 10, 2000)
Claims 81 and 82 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Brown.
Claims 83 through 90 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Brown in view of Byrd.
Reference is made to the brief 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 sustain the anticipation rejection of claims 81 and
82, and sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 83 through
90.
We agree with the examiner’s findings (answer, page 3) that
Brown describes all of the limitations of claims 81 and 82.
Appellants argue (brief, page 5) that Brown does not “obtain user
activity information based on a virtual character.” We disagree.
Brown captures user activity information based upon the user’s
response to at least one modifiable characteristic (e.g., health
and well being) of a virtual pet device (Figures 15 through 17;
Abstract; column 3, lines 40 through 56; column 4, lines 59
through 67; column 5, lines 18 through 34; column 15, lines 9
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