Appeal No. 2004-1929
Application No. 08/664,164
and an arrow corresponding to the virtual location and perspective of the user inside the
home. When the user has selected a house, the method calculates estimated monthly
payments based upon the user’s inputs.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
claims are:
Hansen 5,442,456 Aug. 15, 1995
Ritchey 5,495,576 Feb. 27, 1996
Keithley et al. (Keithley) 5,584,025 Dec. 10, 1996
Berger, W. “Future Quest: Go Where No Real Estate Company Has Gone Before” Real
Estate Today, vol. 27, n.1, (Jan, 1994) p14(5).
Waring, R. “Doom Totally Unauthorized Tips & Secrets” Brady Publishing, 1994
Giobbe, D. “Unusual Alliances Bring Ad Dollars to Newspapers” Editor & Publisher, vol.
127, n. 33 (Aug. 13, 1994) p.26(1).
Kim, “Sundance Homes- Company Report” Kidder, Peabody & Company, Inc., (Jan. 31,
1994) p. 1-3.
The rejections
Claims 1, 5-6, 8-9, 34-35, and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as
being obvious over Keithley in view of Hansen or Ritchey.
Claims 1, 3-9, 11-13, 15-17, 19-26, 28 and 30-37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C
§ 103(a) as being obvious over Keithley in view of Berger and further in view of Doom.
Claims 10 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as being obvious over
Keithley in view of Berger, Doom, Giobbe, and Kim.
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