Appeal No. 2006-2070
Application No. 09/986,586
have considered “enemy character” to encompass “challenge”.
Regardless, the examiner does not explain, and it is not
apparent, how, even if the challenge of moving through the cavern
quickly is considered to be the enemy character, the Final
Fantasy VIII reward based upon the difference between the
estimated and actual times for reaching the end of the cavern and
defeating the Boss is related to how much damage the player has
inflicted upon the Boss immediately before the Boss is defeated.
The examiner argues that Kondo, which is applied to some of
the dependent claims, discloses, at column 21, lines 13-40,
awarding a player with a greater number of points the closer the
player gets to the threshold value of defeating the character
(answer, page 8). That portion of Kondo discloses that if a main
character remains within a specified distance of an enemy
character for a particular time, the main character is considered
to be successful and the level of the game (i.e., the proximity
time and the points awarded) is raised by one stage. That
portion of Kondo does not disclose changing a parameter assigned
to a player character to a first condition or a second condition
based upon the amount of damage inflicted on an enemy character
immediately before the player character defeats the enemy
character. Thus, the relied-upon portion of Kondo does not
remedy the deficiency in Ohnuma and Final Fantasy VIII as to the
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