Appeal 2007-0700
Application 09/159,509
Patent 5,559,995
7. The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
claims was:
Wexelblat US 5,021,976 Jun. 4, 1991
Richburg US 5,159,687 Oct. 27, 1992
8. Claims 1-7 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Wexelblat (which is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)).
9. Claims 8-10 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Wexelblat and Richburg (which is prior art under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e)).
10. On September 15, 1995, Appellants filed a first Amendment
(“the First Amendment”) responding to the Examiner’s Non-Final Action.
11. The First Amendment similarly amended independent claims 1,
7 and 8. Claim 10 was canceled. Amended claim 1 is reproduced below
(matter underlined added by the First Amendment):
1. An apparatus for creating a virtual world data base
comprising:
receiving means for receiving a pictorial representation of
objects in the virtual world; and
grouping means, coupled to the receiving means, for grouping
descriptions of the pictorial representation of objects in the virtual
world into selected groups of at least one of wireframe objects and
polygon objects.
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