Appeal No. 2001-1787
Application 09/374,122
groove 15 of appellant’s application) that leads in a winding
manner to the center of the labyrinth and back out again. As
appellant specifically notes on page 5 of the specification, the
labyrinth of the present application contains no blind alleys or
dead ends and permits each person using the device to move a
finger (22) through and along the continuous groove (15) defining
the labyrinth, a process commonly referred to as “fingerwalking.”
The fingerwalk takes the individual from the periphery (24)1 to
the center point (18) of the labyrinth.
In contrast to the foregoing, mazes are multicursal and
offer a choice of paths, some of which are blind alleys or dead
ends. A maze is a puzzle to be solved and challenges the choice-
making ability of a player/user, requiring logical, sequential
and analytical activity to find the correct path into the maze
and back out again.
1 Reference number 24 presumably denoting the periphery of
the tool does not appear in drawing Figures 1-3. This oversight
should be corrected during any further prosecution of the
application before the examiner.
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