Ex Parte YOSELOFF 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 19              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                  Ex parte MARK L. YOSELOFF and RUSSELL BROOKE DUNN                   
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1022                                  
                               Application 09/326,934                                 
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                               HEARD: JANUARY 14, 2003                                
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          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                 

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