Appeal No. 2006-0648 3
Application No. 09/815,181
playing the games of poker, the second game and best 2 blackjack in a preselected
order; and
resolving all bets in play, according to the respective rules of poker, the second
game and best 2 blackjack.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the final rejection are:
Malek 5,265,882 Nov. 30, 1993
Aramapakul 6,179,292 Jan. 30, 2001
Webb 6,345,823 Feb. 12, 2002 (filed Feb. 12, 1999)
Perkins 6,406,024 Jun. 18, 2002 (filed Oct. 05, 2000)
“TRIPOLEY” (game rules), Cadaco, Inc. (1960, 1968, 2000) (Cadaco)
Gibson, Walter B., Hoyle’s Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games, pp. 32, 33, 226, 227,
271, 272 and 371 (Broadway Books 1974) (Gibson)
Scarne, John, Scarne’s Encyclopedia of Card Games, pp. 12 and 280-283 (Harper & Row
1983) (Scarne)
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Malek in view of Aramapakul.
Claims 2 and 19-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Malek in view of Aramapakul, Gibson and Scarne.
Claims 3-9, 12-16, 18, 41 and 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Malek in view of Aramapakul, Gibson, Scarne and Perkins.
Claims 10, 11 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Malek in view of Aramapakul and Cadaco.
Claims 22-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Malek in view of Aramapakul, Gibson, Scarne, Perkins, Cadaco and Webb.
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