The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WILLIAM R. ADAMS __________ Appeal No. 2002-1407 Application 09/157,995 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007