Appeal No. 2006-0811
Application No. 10/323,510
Rejection of claims 1-4, 9-11, 14 and 15
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Adkison
Adkison discloses a game comprising 1) cards which each have
thereon a picture, the name of what is pictured, and the capital
and small letter with which the name of what is pictured begins
(figure 7), and 2) a game board having rectangular sections, each
having one of the cards’ picture, name and letters (figure 6).
The appellant argues that Adkison does not disclose a
tracing area (brief, pages 7-9). The picture, word and letters
in each rectangular section of Adkison’s game board are capable
of functioning as a tracing area. To the extent that a "tracing
area" must be shaped to provide guidance, we note that the
picture, word and letters on Adkison's board are shaped to
provide guidance in that small child could readily trace the
shape of the letters, the outline of the picture and the
individual letters of the word appearing in each square of the
game board by using either a finger or a stylus.
We therefore are not convinced of reversible error in the
examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, 9-11, 14 and 15 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Adkison.
Rejection of claims 1, 11 and 16
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Bingo
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