Ex parte BALDWIN - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1999-2243                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/567,081                                                                                                                 







                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                                   This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                                                                 
                 12 to 28, 30 to 36 and 38.  Of the other claims remaining in                                                                           
                 the application, claims 2 to 11 have been allowed, and claims                                                                          
                 29 and 37 have been indicated as allowable, subject to being                                                                           
                 rewritten in independent form.                                                                                                         
                                   The appealed claims are drawn to a casino change                                                                     
                 cart, and are reproduced in the appendix of appellant's brief.                                                                         
                                   The references applied in the final rejection are:                                                                   
                 Johnson                       D-179,687          Feb. 12, 1957                                                                         
                 Boldt et al. (Boldt)          2,413,164          Dec. 24, 1946                                                                         
                 Jones et al. (Jones)          5,289,936          Mar.  1, 1994                                                                         
                 Pike et al. (Pike)            5,306,028          Apr. 26, 1994                                                                         
                 Evans                         5,306,033          Apr. 26, 1994                                                                         
                                   Additional references of record,  applied herein in      2                                                           
                 rejections pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), are:                                                                                         
                 Losi                          4,861,049          Aug. 29, 1989                                                                         

                          2Losi was cited by the examiner in the first Office                                                                           
                 action (Paper No. 3), and Whorton was cited in the Information                                                                         
                 Dis- closure Statement filed by appellant on March 6, 1996                                                                             
                 (Paper   No. 2).                                                                                                                       
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