Appeal No. 1998-2847 Page 3
Application No. 08/521,873
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an add-on board
game. A copy of the claims under appeal appears in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Wilson 4,585,233 Apr. 29,
1986
Claims 1, 2, 12, 14 to 16, 27, 29, 38 and 40 to 42 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellants
regard as the invention.
Claims 1, 2, 12, 14 to 16, 27, 29, 38 and 40 to 42 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Wilson.2
2On page 6 of the brief (Paper No. 18, filed October 6,
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