Appeal No. 2003-0097
Application 09/360,969
1. An interactive electronic game system comprising:
a. two or more gaming machines each having display means for
displaying images thereon and interaction means for an individual
player to interact with the game system,
b. a central server unit comprising game system control
means and communication control means for controlling
communications between said central server unit and said gaming
machines,
c. a network connecting said gaming machines to said central
server unit,
d. a random number generating means connected to said
central server unit, the central server unit being arranged to
play a game in which two or more players select one or more sub-
sets of indicia from a set of indicia,
said selected sub-set being displayed on the display means
of a each player’s respective gaming machine, said random number
generating means generating a sequence of random indicia selected
from said set of indicia, said central server unit displaying in
turn each of said randomly generated indicia on the display means
of each said gaming machines,
wherein when a randomly generated indicia displayed on said
display means matches an indicia selected by said player, said
player interactively acknowledges said match through the use of
said interaction means,
and wherein a prize is awarded to the player who first
interactively acknowledges the required number of matches.
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as being based on a specification which fails to
comply with the enablement requirement.
Claims 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16 through 18 and 20 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by U.S.
Patent No. 5,830,069 to Soltesz et al. (Soltesz).
Claims 3 through 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 and 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Soltesz.
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