Ex Parte GORDON et al - Page 23




                 Appeal No. 2003-1371                                                                                 Page 23                     
                 Application No. 09/186,856                                                                                                       


                         at least one cooperative action selected from the group consisting of both                                               
                         players operating on the same object at the same time, each player                                                       
                         operating on a different object at the same  time, one player operating on                                               
                         a first object before the other player operates on said first object, one                                                
                         player accomplishing one task while the other player accomplishes                                                        
                         another task, one player accomplishing a first task before the other player                                              
                         accomplishes a second task.                                                                                              
                 Giving the claim its broadest, reasonable construction, the limitations require one of the                                       
                 following cooperative actions:                                                                                                   
                         -        two players simultaneously operating on the same object                                                         
                         -        two players simultaneously operating on different objects                                                       
                         -        a player operating on an object before the other player operates thereon                                        
                         -        a player accomplishing a task while the other player accomplishes another                                       
                                  task                                                                                                            
                         -        a player accomplishing a task before the other player accomplishes                                              
                                  another task.                                                                                                   

                 For its part, claim 19 recites in pertinent part the following limitations: "at least one                                        
                 cooperative action selected from the group consisting of holding a door for a player,                                            
                 handing a tool to a player, giving an item to a player, helping a player lift an object."                                        
                 Giving the claim its broadest, reasonable construction, the limitations require one of the                                       
                 following cooperative actions:                                                                                                   
                         -        holding a door for a player                                                                                     
                         -        handing a tool to a player                                                                                      
                         -        giving an item to a player                                                                                      
                         -        helping a player lift an object.                                                                                








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