Appeal No. 1998-2848
Application 08/398,862
Claim 15 recites steps of "assembling and personalizing
at least one ETCs [sic]," "choosing a format and setting for
said ETC," followed by several optional steps. These steps
are directed to a "useful, concrete and tangible result" of
preparing an ETC. We do not agree with the Examiner's
conclusion that the steps are "ethereal" in the sense of
lacking some physical action. The § 101 rejection of claim 15
is reversed.
Claim 16 recites steps of "entering a multiroom virtual
environment where each room in said environment requires a
specific set of ETC to complete an ETC collection," "finding a
missing ETC," "completing said set," and "reward when said set
is completed." These steps are directed to a "useful,
concrete and tangible result" of an ETC collecting activity.
We do not agree with the Examiner's conclusion that the steps
are "ethereal." The § 101 rejection of claim 16 and its
dependent claims 17 and 18 is reversed.
Claim 19 recites steps of "solving a puzzle having
increasing levels of difficulty using a series of [ETCs]" and
"reproducing a personalized certificate of completion when,
and only when, each level of said puzzle is solved, said
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