Appeal No. 2005-0946
Application No. 09/915,448 Page 2
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 47,
which is reproduced as follows:
47. A system for controlling the operation of an
interactive device in accordance with a user’s personal profile,
comprising:
an interactive device designed to provide self-generating
interaction with one or more users, said interactive device
having information obtaining means for independently obtaining
the identity of said one or more users and for determining at
least one aspect of the local environment in which said
interactive device is located at the time of operation of said
interactive device; and
a computer for providing instructions to said interactive
device for controlling the operation of said interactive device
in response to a stored personal profile of said one or more
users and said at least one aspect the local environment.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Gershman et al. (Gershman) 6,401,085 June 4, 2002
(filed: Mar. 5, 1999)
Claims 47-72 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Gershman.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (mailed July 13, 2004)
for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellants' brief (filed May 10, 2004) and
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