Ex Parte Moody - Page 3



            Appeal 2007-2810                                                                                 
            Application 09/894,501                                                                           

            one involving “apparent “ skill. In other words, the player would get a payout in                
            winning the first level game of chance no matter how well they play the secondary                
            game.                                                                                            

                   Claim 1 reads as follows:                                                                 
                   1. A method of playing a gaming machine in which a bonus round                            
                   includes an apparent game of skill or knowledge comprising:                               
                   a) a player making a wager to play the gaming machine;                                    
                   b) activating the gaming machine to cause a game of chance to                             
                   occur;                                                                                    
                   c) determining an outcome of the game of chance;                                          
                   d) if the outcome awards the player with the bonus round, selecting                       
                   an amount of a bonus payout to be paid to the player during the bonus round;              
                   and                                                                                       
                   e) allowing the player to participate in the apparent game of skill or                    
                   knowledge at the end of which the player receives the bonus payout.                       
                   A. ISSUE                                                                                  
                   Appellants contends that                                                                  
            1) “Hoke disclosure does not award the player with a bonus round based on the                    
            outcome of the game of chance” (Br. 6);                                                          
            2) “Hoke does not have a bonus round of any kind” (Br. 7); and,                                  
            3) “In Hoke … the player would not receive the winning payout if the player is                   
            unsuccessful in the skill portion of the game.                                                   
                   In claim 1, the player always wins the bonus award” (Br. 7).                              



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