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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JASHAWANT J. MODI
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Appeal No. 2001-2397
Application No. 08/855,779
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, MILLS, 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 1-44, all of the claims in the application. Claims 1, 4, and
12 are representative and read as follows:
1. A personal care composition comprising:
(a) from about 0.1% to about 99% by weight of a vehicle system
which comprises a hydrophobically modified nonionic water
soluble polysaccharide polymer having a hydrophilic portion
which comprises a water soluble polysaccharide polymer
backbone and a hydrophobic moiety selected from the group
consisting of C3-C7 alkyl, aryl alkyl, alkyl aryl groups and
mixtures thereof, wherein the ratio of the hydrophilic portion
to the hydrophobic portion of the polymer is from about 2:1
to 1000:1, and
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