Appeal No. 2004-0361 Page 8
Application No. 09/854,156
the partial and final hands for step d) (col. 9, ll. 15-23). Kadlic describes the payout method of
steps e) and f) in column 5, lines 34-37.
Upon return of this application to the jurisdiction of the Examiner, Kadlic should be
examined for its impact on the patentability of the claims, either alone or in combination with
other prior art.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the Examiner to reject claims 1, 4, 14, 21, and 26 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) and claims 2, 3, 5-13, 15-20, and 22-25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
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