Ex Parte TROTT - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
                    today was not written for publication and is                      
                         not binding precedent of the Board                           
                                                       Paper No. 12                   
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                 Ex parte SAUNDRA TROTT                               
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                                   Appeal No. 2000-2168                               
                              Application 09/130,383                                  
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                              ON BRIEF                                                
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          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner's                
          final rejection of claims 1-3.                                              
               Representative claim 1 is reproduce below:                             
               1. A guard to prevent water from splashing on cabinetry                
          including a sink, said cabinetry including a horizontal counter             
          top mounting the sink, vertically disposed cabinet faces disposed           
          below the counter top and a counter top lip projecting forwardly            
          of the cabinet faces, the sink having a near boundary dimension,            
          the guard comprising:                                                       



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