Ex parte CARRICO et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-1875                                                        
          Application No. 09/193,257                                                  


          Claims 2, 6, 8 and 10 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), and                    
          further in view of Miller.                                                  


          Claims 3 and 11 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), and further in              
          view of Weingardt.                                                          


          Rather than reiterate the examiner's specific comments                      
          regarding the above-noted rejections and the conflicting                    
          viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding                
          those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer                
          (Paper No. 9, mailed October 10, 2000) for the reasoning in                 
          support of the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No.              
          8, filed August 25, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 10, filed              
          December 5, 2000) for the arguments thereagainst.                           


                                       OPINION                                        


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