Appeal No. 2005-1266 4
Application No. 10/227,755
Hence, claims 2 through 8 shall stand or fall with representative
claim 1 (see In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 590, 18 USPQ2d 1089, 1091
(Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Wood, 582 F.2d 638, 642, 199 USPQ 137,
140 (CCPA 1978)).
Smith discloses a board game designed to teach biblical
principles. The game includes a game board 10, a plurality of
playing pieces 90 each representative of a different player, a
supply of simulated money (see the Abstract; and column 1, lines
26 through 30), at least one die 85 for randomly determining the
movement of the playing pieces, a plurality of consequence cards
in the form of “sin,” “providence,” “blessing” and “reward” cards
50, 55, 60 and 65 which are labeled to match spaces on the board
and randomly drawn by a player to provide instructions to be
followed by the player, and a plurality of stewardship cards in
the form of asset and end of life tally sheets (see column 5,
line 63, through column 6, line 17) for recording the relative
positions of the players during the game. The board 10 (see
Figure 1C) includes first, second and third sections respectively
embodied by an outer octagonal section, an inner branch section
extending between spaces 30 through 35 and a further inner branch
section extending between spaces 35 through 45. Each of these
sections has defined spaces indicating an instruction to be
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