Appeal 2007-2174
Application 10/751,614
removed, as much as possible, during the administrative process.” In re
Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 322, 13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989).
Claim 21 requires:
A gaming chip for use in a bet in a casino game, the gaming chip
comprising:
a transponder;
a memory located within the transponder;
a data field in said memory, wherein an identification identifying a
first class for the gaming chip is located in said data field;
a game denominational value contained in the transponder;
wherein the identification differentiates the first class gaming chip
from at least one other class of gaming chips when said first class gaming
chip and said at least one other class of gaming chips are intermingled within
said bet, the transponder transmitting said game denominational value and
said identification in response to a received signal, wherein each of said
gaming chips of said at least one other class includes a data field within a
memory of said other class of gaming chips.
Thus, claim 21 reads on a single gaming chip that contains a
transponder, wherein the transponder contains “a game denominational
value” and a data field containing “an identification differentiating the
gaming chip from at least “one other class of gaming chips.”
The recitation of the limitation “when said first class gaming chip and
said at least one other class of gaming chips are intermingled within said bet,
the transponder transmitting said game denominational value and said
identification in response to a received signal, wherein each of said gaming
chips of said at least one other class includes a data field within a memory of
said other class of gaming chips” is a recitation of intended use, and not a
patentable limitation, as it does not limit the structure of the claimed chip.
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