Appeal 2006-2748
Application 10/123,268
1 FINDINGS OF FACT
2 Appellant’s claim 1 is directed to a gaming method which includes a
3 first selector and at least one additional selector which together comprise
4 concentric rings that are concurrently displayed on a single video monitor
5 (see Figure 4).
6 Baerlocher discloses the game recited in Appellant’s claim except that
7 Baerlocher does not discloses a first selector and at least one additional
8 selector which together comprise concentric rings that are concurrently
9 displayed on a single video monitor. Baerlocher discloses displaying a
10 portion of a wheel (see Figure 4).
11 Mangano discloses a spinning wheel card game which comprises a
12 plurality of wheel selectors which together comprise concentric rings that
13 are concurrently displayed on a single video display (Figure 6). The
14 concentric wheel display allows a gamer to spin five wheels
15 simultaneously and register indicia for each wheel (col. 6, lines 14 to 22).
16 By the use of spokes 26 a gamer can see all the wheels, and thus the
17 registered hand, on one display (Figures 1 and 6).
18 A person of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that were the
19 multiple concentric wheels described in Mangano used in the Baerlocher
20 game, a gamer would be able to view the wheels in a simplified unitary
21 display. A person of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated
22 to display the wheels of Baerlocher in a concentric fashion as taught by
23 Mangano to obtain the self evident advantages of conserving display
24 space and reducing manufacturing costs.
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