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                              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                                       is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GERARDO OROZCO-ABUNDIS                                                 
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                                              Appeal 2007-2306                                                   
                                            Application 10/636,120                                               
                                           Technology Center 2800                                                
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                                           Decided:  August 21, 2007                                             
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                Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERIC GRIMES, and NANCY J. LINCK,                                        
                Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                    
                GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                             


                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                       This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to an image                      
                capture device.  The Examiner has rejected the claims as anticipated or                          
                obvious.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We affirm.                               
                                               BACKGROUND                                                        
                       The Specification describes “an image capture device compris[ing] a                       
                housing and at least one telescopic hinge operable to couple a lid to the                        
                housing” (Specification 1).  The Specification states that “the telescopic                       




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