Ex Parte Macedo et al - Page 1



                               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                          
                                        is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FILOMENA AUGUSTA MACEDO,                                                  
                                     and GREGORY AARON GRISSETT                                                    
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                                               Appeal 2007-2157                                                    
                                             Application 11/000,692                                                
                                            Technology Center 1700                                                 
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                                             Decided: July 31, 2007                                                
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                Before ERIC GRIMES, LORA M. GREEN,                                                                 
                and NANCY J. LINCK 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                      
                cleansing kit.  The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious.  We have                          
                jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We reverse.                                                  
                                                BACKGROUND                                                         
                       Implements such as woven and non-woven textiles, natural and                                
                synthetic sponges, and loofahs have “long been utilized to enhance speed                           
                and volume of lathering” for cleansing human skin (Specification 1).                               



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