Appeal No. 2001-1969
Application No. 09/040,478
Claim 34 is addressed to a slot machine comprising, inter
alia, a payout device that awards a player a first award amount
multiplied by a factor based on a multiplier value selected from
a variable award multiplier comprising a random number generator
when at least one of a plurality of symbols is a bonus symbol,
the plurality of symbols representing outcomes of a game.
Claim 35 is drawn to a method for operating a slot machine
comprising, inter alia, determining an award payment to a player,
the award payment being a first award multiplied by an award
multiplier value determined by operating a random number
generator when at least one of a plurality of symbols is a bonus
symbol, the plurality of symbols representing game results.
Like the examiner (supplemental answer, page 7), we readily
appreciate the relevance of the Adams teaching (column 5, lines 5
through 29 and column 6, lines 37 through 52) as to the
disclosure of a random value multiplier, and recognize its
deficiency in not teaching or suggesting at least one bonus
symbol, and the selection of a random multiplier value when at
least one of a plurality of symbols is the bonus symbol, as now
claimed. However, unlike the examiner, we do not view “The
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