Appeal 2006-2748
Application 10/123,268
1 Claim 1 under appeal reads as follows:
2 1. A gaming method comprising:
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4 displaying results of a primary game, first ones of said
5 results representing an award to a player, second ones of said
6 results representing an opportunity to play a secondary game,
7 said secondary game comprising at least a first display of a first
8 selector of first indicia and an additional display of at least one
9 additional selector of additional indicia, wherein said first
10 selector and said at least one additional selector comprise
11 adjacent concentric rings that are concurrently displayed on a
12 single video monitor;
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14 if said results of said primary game comprise said second
15 ones of said results, displaying activation of said first selector
16 of first indicia, some of said first indicia representing award
17 amounts and at least one of said first indicia representing that
18 said at least one additional selector of additional indicia is to
19 select an award to a player, said additional indicia representing,
20 on average, awards higher than awards represented by said first
21 indicia;
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23 if said at least one of said first indicia is selected,
24 displaying activation of the one of said at least one additional
25 selector that is directly adjacent the first selector for selecting
26 said additional indicia; and
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28 displaying an award to a player represented by selection of said
29 first indicia or said additional indicia.
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31 REJECTION
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33 The Examiner rejected claims 1, 2, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 14, 16, 20 to 23, 26,
34 27, 29, 33 to 36 and 38 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
35 Baerlocher in view of Mangano.
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