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In the United States Patent and Trademark Office Case No IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CASE NO. ........................................................................................................................... TBD U.S. PATENT NO .................................................................................................... 7,175,180 PATENT ISSUE DATE ................................................................................... Feb. 13, 2007 PATENT FILING DATE ................................................................................... Jan. 7, 2005 FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ....................................................................... Derek J. Webb TITLE……“Method For Playing Blackjack With A Three Card Poker Wager (‘21+3’)” Mail Stop PATENT BOARD Patent Trial and Appeal Board United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,175,180 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page: EXHIBITS ................................................................................................................................ iii I. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 II. REQUIREMENTS FOR PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 1 A. Grounds for Standing (37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a)) .............................................. 1 B. Identification of Claims Being Challenged (37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)) ........... 2 1. Claims for Which Inter Partes Review Is Requested Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(1) and Relief Requested under 37 C.F.R. § 42.22(a)(1) ................................................................................ 2 2. The Specific Art and Statutory Grounds on Which the Challenge Is Based Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(2) ......................... 2 III. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THE ‘180 PATENT ........................ 5 A. Brief Description ................................................................................................ 5 B. Summary of the Prosecution History of the ‘180 Patent............................. 8 IV. PERSON HAVING ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART .................................. 10 V. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ..................................................................................... 11 A. Claim Construction under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104(b)(3) ................................. 11 B. Proposed Constructions ................................................................................. 13 1. “non-player card” ................................................................................. 13 2. “resolving” ............................................................................................. 14 3. “poker hand” ........................................................................................ 15 4. “poker wager” ....................................................................................... 15 i VI. THERE IS A REASONABLE LIKELIHOOD THAT AT LEAST ONE CHALLENGED CLAIM OF THE ‘180 PATENT IS UNPATENTABLE .................................................................................................... 16 VII. MANNER OF APPLYING CITED PRIOR ART TO EVERY CLAIM FOR WHICH INTER PARTES REVIEW IS REQUESTED .......................... 21 A. Ground 1: Claims 1-9 Are Anticipated under Section 102(b) by Roberts .............................................................................................................. 22 B. Ground 2: Claims 1-9 Are Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) Over Roberts in View of Wood .................................................................... 27 C. Ground 3: Claims 1-9 Are Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) Over Roberts in View of Scarne .................................................................... 38 D. Ground 4: Claims 1-9 Are Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) Over Roberts in View of Hoyle ..................................................................... 46 E. Ground 5: Claims 1-9 Are Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) by Green ............................................................................................................ 50 F. Ground 6: Claims 1-9 Are Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) by Lofink ........................................................................................................... 54 VIII. MANDATORY NOTICES (37 CFR § 42.8(b)) .................................................... 58 A. Notice of Real Party in Interest (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)) ........................... 58 B. Notice of Related Matters (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)) .................................... 59 C. Notice of Lead and Backup Counsel and Service Information (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) ............................................................................................ 59 D. Proof of Service and Service Information (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4)) ......... 60 IX. CONCLUSION........................................................................................................... 60 ii EXHIBITS Exhibit Reference 1001 U.S. Patent No. 7,175,180 (Webb) (the ‘180 Patent) 1002 Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 7,175,180 1003 U.S. Patent No. 5,685,774 (Webb) (‘774 Patent) 1004 U.S. Patent No. 6,056,641 (Webb) (‘641 Patent) 1005 U.S. Patent No. 6,012,719 (Webb) (‘719 Patent) 1006 U.S. Patent No. 5,636,843 (Roberts) 1007 U.S. Patent No. 4,651,997 (Wood) “Scarne’s Encyclopedia of Games,” by John Scarne, publ. by Harper & 1008 Row, New York, copyright 1973. (Scarne) Declaration of Scott S. Smith authenticating Scarne’s Encyclopedia of 1009 Games “Hoyle’s Rules of Games Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with Advice on Skillful Play. Based on the Foundations laid down 1010 by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769,” edited by Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Second Revised Edition, publ. by Signet, New York, copyright 1983. (Hoyle) 1011 Declaration of Scott S. Smith authenticating Hoyle’s Rules of Games 1012 U.S. Patent No. 6,182,969 (Green) 1013 U.S. Patent No. 5,806,846 (Lofink) 1014 Declaration of Jay Meilstrup Complaint for Patent Infringement (including its Exhibits) in Galaxy 1015 Gaming, Inc. v. In Bet Gaming, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:14-cv-01956-RFB-VCF. (the “Nevada Litigation”) 1016 U.S. Patent No. 6,547,246 (‘246 Patent) iii I. INTRODUCTION Petitioners, AGS, LLC, In Bet Gaming, Inc., and In Bet, LLC, request Inter Partes review of claims 1-9 of U.S. Patent No. 7,175,180 (the “‘180 Patent”) assigned to Galaxy Gaming, Inc. (“Patent Owner”). Ex. 1001, ‘180 Patent. The ‘180 Patent’s Brief Summary of the Invention explains: “The invention provides card games that combine the play of Blackjack (‘21’) with a 3-card Poker wager (‘21+ 3’).” Id., 2:25- 26. The combination of these card games is anticipated, and rendered obvious by, prior art patents and publications cited in this Petition.1 II. REQUIREMENTS FOR PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW A. Grounds for Standing (37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a)) Petitioners certify that the ‘180 Patent is available for Inter Partes review, and they are not barred from requesting Inter Partes review as set forth in this Petition. Specifically: Petitioners (1) are not owners of the ‘180 Patent; (2) have not filed a civil action challenging the validity of any ‘180 Patent claim; (3) this Petition is filed within one (1) year after any Petitioners were served with a complaint alleging infringement of the ‘180 Patent; and (4) this Petition is filed more than 8 years after the ‘180 Patent issued. 1 This Petition does not address whether the challenged claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101 or 112 or unenforceable, with the understanding that such challenges may not be presented by this Petition. 1 B. Identification of Claims Being Challenged (37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)) 1. Claims for Which Inter Partes Review Is Requested Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(1) and Relief Requested under 37 C.F.R. § 42.22(a)(1) Petitioners request Inter Partes review of ‘180 Patent claims 1-9 (the “Challenged Claims”) on the grounds set forth below and request that each of the Challenged Claims be found unpatentable. 2. The Specific Art and Statutory Grounds on Which the Challenge Is Based Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(2) An explanation of how the Challenged Claims are unpatentable is provided in the detailed description and claim charts that follow, which identify where each element can be found in the cited prior art and the relevance of that art. Additional such explanation and support is set forth in the Declaration of Petitioner’s expert, Jay Meilstrup. Ex. 1014. Ground ‘180 Patent Claims Basis for Rejection of the Challenged Claims Ground 1 1-9 Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by Roberts. Ground 2 1-9 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Roberts in view of Wood. Ground 3 1-9 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Roberts in view of Scarne. Ground 4 1-9 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Roberts in view of Hoyle. Ground 5 1-9 Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) by Green. Ground 6 1-9 Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) by Lofink. 2 The ‘180 Patent issued from an application claiming priority through a chain of continuation and continuation-in-part applications beginning in June 1995 and ending with the filing of the ‘180 Patent application in January 2005. Ex. 1001, ‘180 Patent, 1; Ex. 1003 (U.S. Patent No. 5,685,774). The second of the applications in this chain, filed in July 1997, was a “divisional” of the first, June 1995 application in the chain.
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