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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 22              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte WILLIAM R. ADAMS                               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1407                                  
                               Application 09/157,995                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, 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 20, all of the claims pending in              
          this application.                                                           


          Appellant’s invention is directed a method of conducting a                  
          game of chance and to a gaming device implementing that method.             
          Independent claims 1, 14 and 17 are representative of the subject           

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