Appeal No. 2001-1969
Application No. 09/040,478
Claims 2 through 7, 11, 17 through 22, 27, 28, and 30
through 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Adams in view of “The Joker’s Wild.”
Claims 8 through 10 and 12 through 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Adams in view of
“The Joker’s Wild”, further in view of Mangano.
Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Adams in view of “The Joker’s Wild”, further in
view of Brune.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the supplemental
answer1 (Paper No. 19), while the complete statement of
appellants’ argument can be found in the main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 13 and 15).
1 The supplemental answer, filed pursuant to an order (Paper
No. 18), remedies some formal matters and supersedes the earlier
answer (Paper No. 14).
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