Appeal 2006-2836
Application 09/923,673
THE INVENTION
The Appellants claim a slot gaming machine and a method of playing
a slot game. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method of playing a gaming device in which each slot
game has a plurality of reels, a plurality of symbols associated
with each reel and a plurality of pay lines comprising:
a) providing a gaming machine with a single main
screen which displays at least a first slot game and second slot
game thereon;
b) configuring the first slot game to operate
independently of the second slot game with regard to the
activation of the slot reels, the display of the symbols on each
reel and the determination of an outcome on each pay line; and
c) providing a common pool of credits from which each
slot game uses credits to make wagers and to which each slot
game accrues awards from any winning occurrences on the slot
game.
THE REFERENCES
Itkis US 4,856,787 Aug. 15, 1989
Gatley GB 2 239 547 A Jul. 03, 1991
Piechowiak US 6,012,982 Jan. 11, 2000
Thomas US 6,190,255 B1 Feb. 20, 2001
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims
1-7, 10, 19, 20 and 25-27 over Gatley in view of Piechowiak and Itkis, and
claims 21-24 over Gatley in view of Piechowiak, Itkis and Thomas.
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