The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JEFFREY LYNN CHAMBERLAIN
Appeal No. 2005-1271
Application No. 09/922,376
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5, 7,
8 and 10-13. Claims 6, 9 and 14-20 stand withdrawn from
consideration. Claim 2 is illustrative:
2. An apparatus to alleviate pet thirst comprising:
a reservoir having a wall, said wall having a fill aperture
and valves; said fill aperture having a closeable openable cap,
said cap when open allowing liquid to enter said reservoir
through said fill aperture, said cap when closed denying egress
from said reservoir; said valves having pressure actuated opening
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