Appeal No. 1998-2386 Application No. 08/757,749 The full text of the examiner's rejection and the responses to the arguments presented by appellant appear in the Answer mailed March 10, 1998 (Paper No. 14), while the complete statement of appellant’s arguments can be found in the Brief filed February 17, 1998 (Paper No. 13). OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellant’s specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we conclude that the § 103 rejection cannot be sustained. Claim 1, the only independent claim, calls for an association and location identification game comprising: at least one sheet of material having a first portion of less than an overall image visibly printed thereon and “a second portion physically associated as a continuity with said first 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007