Appeal No. 2004-0365 Page 2
Application No. 10/105,505
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a project management game comprising a
game board having indicia 28 thereon representing tasks that collectively form
deliverables, a plurality of game pieces, play money, a first die and a second die. In
playing the game, each team at their turn rolls the first die to determine how many
spaces their game piece is to be moved. The number of spaces moved represents
tasks completed, with each task completed costing the team a cost value determined
by a roll of the second die. The game board is also provided with a plurality of risk
event spaces. When a team’s game piece lands on a risk event space, the team must
select a risk event card which indicates a risk event element, such as a labor strike or
other setback, and consequently directs the team to move the game piece back a
number of spaces. The objective is to reach finish points 14a through 14f, which reflect
project closedown. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Purlia 3,850,433 Nov. 26, 1974
Delamontagne 4,416,454 Nov. 22, 1983
Ledet et al. (Ledet) 6,237,915 May 29, 2001
The following rejections are before us for review.
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