Ex Parte MacKey - 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                   The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding                       
                                             precedent of the Board.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 BOB LEE MACKEY                                                  
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                                                 Appeal 2007-1430                                                  
                                              Application 10/407,696                                               
                                             Technology Center 2600                                                
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                                              Decided: July 26, 2007                                               
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                Before ANITA PELLMAN GROSS, ROBERT E. NAPPI, and JAY P.                                            
                LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                


                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                                          STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                    
                       MacKey (Appellant) appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                   
                Examiner's Final Rejection of claims 1 through 52, which are all of the                            
                claims pending in this application.                                                                
                       Appellant's invention relates to a capacitive sensing device.  Claim 1                      
                is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:                                 





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