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                 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                 publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31                     

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                                 Ex parte  MYRIAM MELLUL AND DIDIER CANDAU                                                
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                                                 Appeal No. 1999-0997                                                     
                                                 Application 08/397,141                                                   
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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                 Before ROBINSON, ADAMS, and GRIMES,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
                 GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                         This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                           
                 final rejection of claims 14-27, all of the claims remaining in the application.                         
                 Claim 14 is representative and reads as follows:                                                         
                         14.    A cosmetic composition for the skin or nails, comprising a                                
                 dispersion of solid organic particles in a binder, wherein at least a portion of the                     
                 organic particles are introduced into the composition in the form of particles                           
                 whose surface is coated with at least one cationic polymer.                                              









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