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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                          

                                                                                              Paper No. 15              

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                                   Ex parte JOHN W. FOX and MICHAEL W. WOOD                                             
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                                                 Appeal No. 2002-0105                                                   
                                               Application No. 09/398,891                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before ABRAMS,  STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       


                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      


                     John W. Fox and Michael W. Wood appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                      
              claims 1-15, all the claims pending in the application.                                                   
                     We reverse.                                                                                        
                     Appellants’ invention pertains to a method of playing a card game on an electronic                 
              video gaming machine.  An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading                    







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