Appeal No. 2005-1428 Page 3
Application No. 09/930,320
and 24 as representative. Claims 2-11, 13-22, and 25-29 stand or fall with claim 1, and
claim 23 stands or falls with claim 24.
Claims 1, 22, and 24 read as follows:
1. A method for providing a customized, personal care product to a
consumer at a location remote from a second location in which a personal care product
base composition is prepared, comprising:
(a) providing a selection from a plurality of said personal care base
compositions;
(b) providing a selection from a plurality of variants from a first class of
performance agents, each of said variants being delivered in a first vehicle, said first
vehicle for each of said variants having at least two ingredients in common with each
other, said first vehicle being compatible with a mixture of said personal care base
composition and a second class of performance agents different from the first class;
(c) providing a selection from a plurality of variants of said second class of
a performance agents, each of said variants being delivered in a second vehicle, said
second vehicle for each of said variants having at least two ingredients in common with
each other;
(d) permitting the consumer to select, in any sequence, said at least one
personal care base composition; at least one variant from said first class of performance
agents; and at least one variant from said second class of performance agents;
(e) dosing, in a predetermined sequence, the consumer selected personal
care base composition and performance agents into a container to form a personal care
product;
(f) mixing said personal care product until the product is uniform; wherein
said first and second class of performance agents are independently selected from
fragrances, colorants, benefit agents and blends thereof.
22. The method of claim 1 where said container has a volume under about 1
liter.
24. The method of claim 22 wherein said container has a neck; a cap without
an orifice is used to cap said container to improve mixing efficiency when said
container’s contents are blended by a mixing device while said container is situated in a
position substantially inverted from its filling position.
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