Appeal No. 2003-1317
Application 09/043,787
With respect to independent claim 65 and dependent claims
66-68, which stand or fall together as a single group [brief,
page 4], appellants argue that claim 65 is similar to claim 54
with the addition of a display of the jackpot award [brief, page
16]. The examiner notes that Weiss teaches a display screen on
the EGMs [answer, page 11].
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 65-68
for the reasons discussed above with respect to claim 54. The
collective teachings of the applied prior art teach displaying
the amount of a jackpot award at a gaming machine.
With respect to independent claim 69 and dependent claims
70-76, which stand or fall together as a single group [brief,
page 4], claims 77-82, which stand or fall together as a single
group, and claims 83-86, which stand or fall together as a single
group, appellants argue that these claims are respectively
similar to claims 46, 54 and 60 [brief, pages 16-17].
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 69-86
for the reasons discussed above with respect to claims 46, 54 and
60.
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