Ex Parte DeWall et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                       Ex parte DARREN DeWALL, ATSHSHI HIRAGA                         
                                  and BRAD SCHULTZ                                    
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2005-1003                                  
                             Application No. 09/967,249                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-43.             
          Claims 1 and 15 are illustrative:                                           
               1.   A gaming assembly comprising:                                     
                    means for accepting a wager from a player;                        
                    a display for displaying one of a plurality of symbols            
          in each of a plurality of cells,                                            
                    a random generator for randomly selecting a symbol to             
          be displayed in each of said cells independently of the random              
          selection of a symbol in each of the other cells,                           

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