Appeal 2007-2215
Application 09/918,287
1 Reference Relied on by the Examiner
2 Blank US Patent 5,469,536 Nov. 21, 1995
3 Shniberg US Pub. App. 2002/0085762 July 04, 2002
4 Showghi US Patent 6,473,739 Oct. 29, 2002
5 Gluck US Patent 6,532,345 Mar. 11, 2003
6 Weston US Patent 6,608,563 Aug. 19, 2003
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9 The Rejections on Appeal
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11 The Examiner rejected claims 1-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated
12 by Weston.
13 The Examiner rejected claims 8-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
14 unpatentable over the combined teachings of Blank, Gluck, and Shniberg.
15 The Examiner rejected claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
16 over Blank, Gluck, and Showghi.
17 B. Issue
18 Have the Applicants shown error in the rejection of claims 1-16?
19 C. Summary of the Decision
20 The Applicants have shown error in the rejection of claims 1-7 but not in the
21 rejection of claims 8-16.
22 D Findings of Fact (Referenced as FF. ¶ No.)
23 1. The invention is directed to a process of offering imaging services to a
24 customer who attends an entertainment event and whose attendance at the event is
25 associated with a fixed seating location, where the images include images of
26 participants in the entertainment event and images of the customer viewing the
27 event. (Specification 2, ll. 7-17).
28 2. In the process recited in independent claim 1, an imaging service is
29 selected by the customer, an identification code is assigned to the customer
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