Appeal No. 1997-2027
Application 08/417,419
the application.
Background
The subject matter on appeal in this application is
related to the appealed subject matter in parent application
07/924,139. In Appeal No. 95-4329 in the parent application,
a merits panel of this Board affirmed the examiner’s decision
finally rejecting the appealed claims thereof.
The Invention
Appellants’ invention pertains to a method of controlling
the dose of dentifrice used for a brushing of teeth. As
stated on page 3 of the specification:
[The] invention is directed to a color coded
toothbrush that is designed to instruct as to the
proper dose of dentifrice to use for a brushing.
The toothbrush has bristles of at least two
different colors. The bristles of a first color are
in a number such that when a dentifrice is deposited
only on these colored bristles of the toothbrush the
person will be using only about 0.1 grams to about
0.75 grams of dentifrice, and preferably about 0.1
grams to about 0.4 grams of dentifrice. The amount
will depend to a large degree on the end surface
area of the tufts bristles onto which the dentifrice
is to be deposited.
Independent claim 16 is illustrative of the appealed
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