The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ATSUSHI HAYASHI and TAKASHI SATSUKAWA
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Appeal No. 2002-1028
Application No. 09/208,430
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HEARD: January 23, 2003
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 16, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a multi-player game system.
More specifically, while one player is playing a game, the system
accepts a mid-game entry request for another player in the same
game space. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention,
and it reads as follows:
1. A multi-player type of game system having a plurality
of game machines that correspond to a plurality of players, said
players comprising first and second players and being able to
play a game together, wherein said game system comprises:
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