The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MARK L. YOSELOFF and RUSSELL BROOKE DUNN __________ Appeal No. 2002-1022 Application 09/326,934 ___________ HEARD: JANUARY 14, 2003 ___________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 14 and 18 through 21, all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 15 through 17 have been canceled. Appellants’ invention relates to a reel slot casino wagering apparatus in both a virtual reel format played on a video display screen and a physical reel format which uses actual physical reels with symbols, characters or alphanumerics on an outer 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007