The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KRISHNA K. SUBRAMANYAN, JOSEPH R. FARYNIARZ, and
JOANNA H. ZHANG
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Appeal 2006-3151
Application 10/767,679
Technology Center 1600
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a personal
care composition comprising a terpenoid. The Examiner has rejected the
claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The building block of a terpene is isoprene, which has the following
structure: CH2=C(CH3)-CH=CH2. Hydrocarbon terpenes therefore have the
molecular formula (C5H8)n. (Specification 1.) The term “terpenoid”
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