Ex Parte CARLSON et al - Page 1




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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.         

                                                                 Paper No. 12         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     ____________                                     
             Ex parte REX R. CARLSON, RICH SCHNEIDER, SCOTT BOYD and MILES            
                                        PATCEG                                        
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2001-0258                                 
                              Application No. 08/821,978                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN and            
          BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         

          BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 10-46, which are all of the claims pending in           
          this application.                                                           
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a gaming machine which            
          accepts wagers from a player and, more particularly, to a video             
          gaming machine in which a second chance means displayed on the              
          video monitor concomitantly along with a first chance means has a           







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