Appeal No. 2001-1875
Application No. 09/193,257
single, conventional 52-card deck or a computer simulation of
such a deck. Claim 1 defines a method of play involving a
computer and video display screen, while claim 7 defines a
table game method of play. Independent claims 1 and 7 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of
those claims may be found in the Appendix to appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the claims on appeal are:
Wood 4,743,022 May
10, 1988
Weingardt 5,042,818 Aug.
27, 1991
Miller 5,255,915 Oct. 26,
1993
Scarne, John; Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games; 1983,
Harper & Row, Publishers: New York, pp. 14-15, 31.
Claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 12 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Wood in view of Scarne,
more particularly, Scarne's "Pokino" game (page 31).
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