Appeal No. 2004-0190 Page 2
Application No. 09/479,531
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a board game having buildable structures.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Staples et al. (Staples) 2,557,481 Jun. 19, 1951
Burkhart 3,651,574 Mar. 28, 1972
Bergstrom 4,434,984 Mar. 6, 1984
Owen 4,896,888 Jan. 30, 1990
Katerba 5,052,687 Oct. 1, 1991
Whitehurst 5,407,201 Apr. 18, 1995
Stevens 5,615,883 Apr. 1, 1997
Sihra 5,685,120 Nov. 11, 1997
Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Whitehurst.
Claim 28 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Sihra.
Claims 14-16 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Katerba in view of Staples.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Owen in view of Berstrom and Burkart.
Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Whitehurst in view of Stevens.
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