Appeal No. 1998-0931 Page 9
Application No. 08/139,619
In addition, appellants provide two declarations under 37
CFR 1.132 in order to establish the commercial success of the
invention.
We find that Hedges discloses a wagering system, such as
Keno (col. 1, lines 8-10), having a central computer system 32
(Figure 1 and col. 3, line 12) and 201 (Figure 11 and col. 8,
lines 7-19) for managing entry validation and crediting of
winning entries, etc., in a wagering game having a plurality
of players at diverse locations (col. 1, lines 8-10). From
this disclosure of Hedges, we do not agree with the examiner
(answer, page 4) that croupier station 11 represents a central
computer system.
Hedges further discloses (figure 1 and col. 2, line 66
through col. 3, line 1) a plurality of agent terminals in the
form of player stations 10, each having a playboard 20 and a
TV 21, on which the player will observe the game in progress.
The croupier station 11 includes one or more gaming tables
which are monitored by television cameras 12, 13 which provide
player station 10 a display of a game in progress via digital
coaxial bus 22 (col. 3, lines 1-8). Display 122 of the
croupier station is large enough that the game result entered
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