Appeal No. 1998-2892 Page 2
Application No. 08/576,621
The appellant's invention is directed to computer software
(claims 1 and 2), a computer method (claims 3, 4, 14 and 15),
and a computer system (claims 5-13 and 16-21) for providing a
game. The claims on appeal have been reproduced in an appendix
to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Lipscomb et al. (Lipscomb) 5,473,687 Dec. 5,
1995
Ken Perlin, (Perlin), “Real Time Responsive Animation with
Personality,” IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER
GRAPHICS, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1995, pp. 5-15.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3-7, 9 and 10-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.2
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Lipscomb.
2Claim 11 was not listed in either of the rejections in
any of the examiner’s papers. However, it would appear that
it should have been placed under the Section 102 rejection, in
that it depends from claim 10, and we have so considered it.
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