Appeal No. 2006-1747
Application No. 10/455,666
game table having a gambling table and an air hockey table and
that the combination game table 136 can include a pool table and
gambling table that is convertible to an air hockey surface”
(brief, page 11). The specification discloses that a pool table
or an air hockey table can be opposite the gambling table, but
does not disclose that the pool table is convertible to an air
hockey table.
The appellant argues that “[a]s clearly stated in the
Specification, any table of the multiple embodiments could be
adapted or modified to play games that require an airflow if an
air blower were included during manufacture as disclosed” (brief,
page 11). The appellant does not point out the relied upon
disclosure in the specification, and none is apparent.
For the above reasons we are not convinced of reversible
error in the examiner’s rejection of claims 34 and 38.
DECISION
The rejection of claims 1-5, 17-23, 34 and 38 under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as containing subject matter
which was not described in the specification in such a way as to
enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and/or use the
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