Ex Parte Liu - Page 1



                       The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding            
                                           precedent of the Board.                                          
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                             
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
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                                       Ex parte MATTHEW T. LIU                                              
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                                            Appeal 2006-2774                                                
                                          Application 10/309,493                                            
                                         Technology Center 1700                                             
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                                         Decided: August 20, 2007                                           
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               Before TONI R. SCHEINER, DONALD E. ADAMS, and RICHARD M.                                     
               LEBOVITZ,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                                     
               LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       
                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-              
               5.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm.                                 

                                         STATEMENT OF CASE                                                  
                      “[T]he invention provides a fire protection coating composition that                  
               will expand upon being exposed [to] fire or intense heat to provide a                        
               protective layer for the substrate material for which protection [is] required”              
               (Spec. 1: [0001]).                                                                           





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