Ex Parte Subramanyan et al - Page 3

                   Appeal No. 2006-3151                                                                                            
                   Application No. 10/767,679                                                                                      

                          1. A personal care composition comprising:                                                               
                                  (i) from about 0.001 to about 10% of a fragrance by weight                                       
                                          of the composition comprising from about 0.000001 to                                     
                                          about 90% of a terpenoid by weight of the fragrance;                                     
                                  (ii) from about 0.0001 to about 30% by weight of the                                             
                                          composition of a salt of malonic acid; and                                               
                                  (iii) from about 1 to about 99% by weight of the composition                                     
                                          of a cosmetically acceptable carrier.                                                    
                          2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the malonic acid                                         
                                  is present as a half neutralized and a fully neutralized acid in a                               
                                  molar ratio ranging from about 1000:1 to about 1:1000,                                           
                                  respectively.                                                                                    
                          Thus, claim 1 is directed to a personal care composition comprising:                                     
                   (i) a specified amount of fragrance, a specified portion of which is a                                          
                   terpenoid; (ii) a specified amount of a salt of a malonic acid; and (iii) a                                     
                   specified amount of a cosmetically acceptable carrier.                                                          
                          Claim 2 depends from claim 1 and limits the composition to one that                                      
                   includes half neutralized malonic acid and fully neutralized malonic acid in a                                  
                   recited molar ratio.                                                                                            
                   2.  OBVIOUSNESS                                                                                                 
                          Claims 1-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over                                         
                   Jokura1 in view of Guenin.2  The Examiner states that Jokura “teaches a skin                                    
                   cosmetic causing little irritation and having an excellent moisturizing effect                                  
                   having (A) a ceramide or pseudoceramide, (B) a dicarboxylic acid, and (C) a                                     
                   salt of a dicarboxylic acid (see abstract, in particular)”; that the                                            
                                                                                                                                  
                   1 Jokura et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,641,495, issued June 24, 1997                                                
                   2 Guenin et al., U.S. Patent No. 6,180,121 B1, issued January 30, 2001                                          

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