Ex Parte Tsuchida et al - Page 2



         Appeal No. 2006-2070                                                       
         Application No. 09/986,586                                                 
         which claims the computer readable recording medium, is                    
         illustrative:                                                              
              1. A computer-readable recording medium having a program              
         of a video game recorded therein, at least one predetermined               
         parameter assigned to a player character in said game being                
         changed when the player character defeats an enemy character,              
         wherein                                                                    
              upon being read by a computer, the program of the video game          
         causes the computer to execute;                                            
              comparing an amount of damage inflicted on the enemy                  
         character by the player character, immediately before the player           
         character defeats the enemy character, with a threshold value              
         previously set for the enemy character;                                    
              changing the parameter stored in a storage device according           
         to a first condition, when the enemy is defeated by an amount of           
         damage that is less than the threshold value; and                          
              changing the parameter stored in the storage device                   
         according to a second condition that is different from the first           
         condition, when the enemy is defeated by an amount of damage that          
         is at least the threshold value.                                           
                                   THE REFERENCES                                   
         Kondo et al. (Kondo)          6,347,993           Feb. 19, 2002            
         (filed May  12, 2000)                                                      
         Ohnuma et al. (Ohnuma)        6,375,571           Apr. 23, 2002            
         (filed Aug. 31, 2000)                                                      

         Final Fantasy VIII brochure, Square Co. (2000).1                           

                                   THE REJECTIONS                                   
                                                                                   
         1 There are two versions of Final Fantasy VIII of record, one relied upon by
         the examiner and the other submitted with the reply brief and discussed    
                                         2                                          




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