Appeal No. 2004-1218
Application No. 09/956,195
an angle that the indicia on the game pieces can be viewed in
reflection, without requiring a player to lift or manipulate the
game piece (Brief, pages 2-3). Appellant states that the claims
stand together as a single group (Brief, page 3). Therefore,
pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(2000), we select
claim 1 from this grouping of claims and decide the ground of
rejection in this appeal on the basis of this claim alone.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A tray for holding game pieces having indicia on only
side thereof, said tray comprising:
an elongate generally rectangular base portion having a
reflective surface;
an elongate transparent easel portion; and
assembly means for temporarily mounting said elongate
transparent easel portion at an acute angle along and overlying one
edge of said elongate generally rectangular base portion such that
indicia on a lower surface of each game piece mounted on said
elongate transparent easel portion is visible in reflection within
said elongate generally rectangular base portion when said elongate
transparent easel portion is so mounted and wherein said tray may
be collapsed and packaged in a flat container when disassembled.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Chapman 898,833 Sep. 15, 1908
Morse 4,146,229 Mar. 27, 1979
Conville 6,244,598 Jun. 12, 2001
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