Appeal No. 97-2886
Application 08/441,493
Looking next at independent claim 9 on appeal, we note that
this claim defines an apparatus for playing an anagram-type game,
wherein the apparatus includes, inter alia, "character moving
means" for moving each of said characters from its respective
initial position to its respective final position, and
outline means for displaying on [sic, an] outline of
each of said characters in its initial position after
said character is moved from its initial position,
whereby said outline can be viewed together with
adjacent characters or outlines in said unsolved area."
On pages 4-6 of the specification, appellant again emphasizes
that these aspects of the invention assist the viewer in studying
and concentrating on the unsolved anagram, thereby making it
easier for the viewer and players to play and follow the game and
therefore necessarily adds considerable enjoyment.
On page 6 of the answer, the examiner has indicated that an
outline like that required in appellant's claim 9 is "considered
old to computer manipulations" and that applying such a known
outline to a game of REVELATION™ would have been obvious to mark
the location of the source of an image after it has been
translated to its destination. Like appellant, we find the
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