Appeal 2006-3156
Application 09/904,311
22. A method for determining private information and risk attitudes
comprising:
accessing, from computer system memory, auction data from
previously conducted auctions, wherein the auction data
comprises bids submitted in utility-dependent auctions and bids
submitted in utility-independent auctions, wherein the utility-
dependent auctions comprise auctions in which bidding
behavior depends on risk attitudes and the utility-independent
auctions comprise auctions in which bidding behavior does not
depend on risk attitudes;
determining private information using the bids submitted in the
utility-independent auctions; and
determining risk attitudes using the private information and the bids
submitted in the utility-dependent auctions.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hogg US 2002/0073009 A1 Jun. 13, 2002
(filed Dec. 08, 2000)
Bansal US 2003/0009421 A1 Jan. 09, 2003
(filed Jul. 09, 2001)
Claims 22, 26, 30, 34, 39, and 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Bansal in view of Hogg.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed May 15, 2006) for the
Examiner's complete reasoning and to Appellants' Brief (filed March 10,
2006) for Appellants' counterarguments.
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