Appeal 2007-0472
Application 09/931,817
Appellant, in the Brief2, argues the claims as a group. Pursuant to the
rules, the Board selects representative claim 25 to decide the appeal.
37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2005).
Claim 25 reads as follows:
25. A method of providing a game that creates awareness of
at least one sponsor, the method comprising:
defining a plurality of game spaces, each game space including
an advertising object and a clue involving the advertising object,
wherein solving the clue includes interacting with the advertising
object, thereby creating awareness of a sponsor of the advertising
object; and
after solving the clue, directing a player to proceed from one
game space to a next game space including a next advertising object.
ISSUES
The issue on appeal is whether Appellant has shown that the
Examiner erred in concluding that a prima facie case of anticipation and/or
obviousness is made by Sporgis’ disclosure of a treasure hunt type game run
from a website having advertisements played on a web-enabled wireless
communication device receiving solvable clues.
2 Our decision will make reference to Appellant’s Appeal Brief (“Br.,” filed
1 September 2006), the Examiner’s Answer (“Answer,” mailed 25
September 2006) and to the Reply Brief (“Reply Br.,” filed 10 October
2006).
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