Appeal No. 98-0979 Page 5
Application No. 08/517,909
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims and to the respective positions articulated by the
appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our review,
we make the determinations which follow.
Before addressing the examiner's rejections, we will
initially direct our attention to appellants' independent
claims 1, 11 and 18 to derive an understanding of the scope
and content thereof.
Claim 1 recites:
In a method of playing a combined card and dice
game, the improvement comprising the steps of:
(a) dealing to at least one player at least two
cards bearing indicia;
(b) a player rolling at least one die having faces
bearing indicia to establish a rolled point; and
(c) permitting a player to improve a rolled point
upon achieving a predetermined combination of said indicia of
said cards and said at least one die.
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