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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOSEPH M. ARMBRUSTER and
SUE B. ARMBRUSTER
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Appeal No. 2001-1037
Application No. 08/550,002
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1, 3, 4, and
15. Claims 5 through 14, which are the only other claims remaining in the application,
stand objected to as depending from a rejected claim.
Representative Claim
Claim 1, which is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, reads as follows:
1. A shaving system including a method of shaving without requiring the
presence of a source of water to wash, wet or soak the skin surface area to be shaved
consisting of the steps of applying a shaving product in the form of a thin transparent
film of lubricant gel cream to a dry, unwetted skin surface area to be shaved without
prior application of water to the skin surface area, said transparent film of gel cream
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