The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MERYL GREENWALD GORDON and DAVID P. GORDON
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Appeal No. 2003-1371
Application No. 09/186,856
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-21. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal is a computer game for simultaneous play by
colocated girls. With the ubiquity of desktop computers, computer games have become
a source of entertainment for children. Many of the original computer games were
designed for single players. More recently, computer games such as Acrophobia by
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