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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN M. SHANAHAN
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Appeal No. 2004-2334
Application No. 09/888,145
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 14, all of the claims pending in
this application.
As noted in appellant's specification, the present invention
relates generally to card games, and more particularly to card
games wherein the games are played using predetermined hands of
cards that are each printed on a strip of paper and embedded in a
fortune cookie. Figures 1 and 2 of the application depict a
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