Appeal No. 2004-0473 -2-
Application No. 10/034,527
Appellant’s invention pertains to a device that assists in keeping score of a Euchre
game. As explained in the “Summary of the Invention” section on pages 1-2 of the
specification:
The device includes a tablet with two types of spots and markers. The first
type keeps track of the score of the two different “teams.” As an example,
there are typically ten of this type of spots aligned on each side of the tablet.
Pins or other markers can be inserted into the spots and moved as the score
changes.
Further, there are preferably four markers for identifying . . . what suit
is trump, and which will also identify which of the two teams named the
trump.
Also, the tablet has a slidable cover which can be moved to expose a
storage space for the cards and the market [sic, marking] pegs.
A further understanding of appellant’s invention can be derived from a reading of
claim 1, which appears in the appendix to appellant’s main brief.
The following references have been relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness:
Smith 1,714,929 May 28, 1929
Townsend 4,332,386 June 1, 1982
Price WO 90/10480 Sept. 20, 1990
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Price
in view of Smith and Townsend.
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