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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JONATHAN FINE and MARK LINDHOLM
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Appeal No. 2003-1498
Application No. 09/762,000
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-20 which are all of the claims in the application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a faucet lock for use
with a lavatory sink faucet having at least one water valve wrist
blade control handle. With reference to the Figure 2 embodiment of
the Appellants’ drawing, the lock comprises a base 10 and a bracket
2 having a first end adjustably attached to the base such that the
second end is positionable adjacent to the wrist blade control
handle thereby regulating the degree of freedom of rotation of the
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