Appeal No. 97-4173
Application 08/575,963
there being a plurality of different coupon
values, after spinning of said reels said
reels to come to rest aligning a segment
from each said reel producing aligned
segments . . ., said aligned segments
represent a total coupon value to the user
of said can collection apparatus.
The gaming machine of Wilhelm appears to operate like a
conventional slot machine, except that the rollers (reels) 12a
may be provided with “symbols, numbers and/or drawings formed
as advertising media” (col. 3, lines 32 to 34), and the
winnings (pay off) may be supplied as a coupon (col. 3, line
42). To add to the examiner’s description of the operation of
a conventional slot machine, supra, such machines also
normally pay off one amount when two of a particular symbol
(e.g., two cherries) are aligned, and pay off a greater amount
when three of that symbol (e.g., three cherries) are aligned.
Thus, where the pay off is in the form of a coupon, as
disclosed by Wilhelm, we consider that it would have been
obvious to pay off a coupon of a greater amount when three of
the same symbol are aligned than when two of that symbol are
aligned. This is all that the above quoted
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