Ex Parte Bird - 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                                    is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                            
                                           __________________                                                
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                             
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                           __________________                                                
                                   Ex parte GREGORY MICHAEL BIRD                                             
                                             Appeal 2007-1109                                                
                                           Application 10/274,758                                            
                                          Technology Center 3700                                             
                                           __________                                                        
                                           Decided:  July 31, 2007                                           
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             Before RICHARD E. SCHAFER, JAMESON LEE, and SALLY C. MEDLEY,                                    
             Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                   
             SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           

                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
         1         Applicant appeals from the final rejection of Claim 5.  35 U.S.C. § 134(a).               
         2   We have jurisdiction.  35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                                                        
         3         An Examiner rejected Claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable                     
         4   over the combination of Matsunaga1  and Fujita.2                                                



                                                                                                            
             1 U.S. Patent 6,299,409.                                                                        
             2 U.S. Patent 5,964,576.                                                                        



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