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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                              
                                   _______________                                     

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                      

                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                                                                      

                               Ex parte PAUL S. COLLINS                                
                                                                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2005-0832                                  
                               Application 10/039,0151                                 
                                                                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                      
          Before BARRETT, DIXON, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from              
          the final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 10-17.                               
               We affirm.                                                              
                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               The invention relates to a mechanism for spring biasing an              
          extensible antenna in a personal computer (PC) card.                         


          1  Application for patent filed January 2, 2002, entitled                    
          "Coil Spring Extension Mechanism for a PC Card."                             
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