Appeal No. 95-1215
Application No. 07/750,777
11. An anhydrous skin cleansing agent comprising by
weight 0.7 to 94.7% of a surfactant, 5 to 99% of an organic
solvent and water-insoluble abrasive as active components and
0.3 to 55% of a water-swellable organic polymer as both a soil
carrier and abrasive, the organic solvent comprising a member
selected from the group consisting of an ester, wax, oil,
terpene and mixtures thereof.
19. A skin cleansing agent according to claim 11,
wherein the water-swellable organic polymer is the only
abrasive and the particle size of the water-swellable organic
polymer is less than 1,000 µm.
20. A skin cleansing agent according to claim 11,
wherein
the agent includes a second abrasive in addition to the water-
swellable organic polymer, and the particle size of the water-
soluble organic polymer is less the 200 µm.
21. In the cleansing of the skin wherein a skin
cleansing agent and water are applied to the skin, the
improvement which comprises employing as the skin cleansing
agent an agent according to claim 11.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Oneto et al. (Oneto) 4,130,497 Dec. 19, 1978
Dawson 4,537,604 Aug. 27, 1985
Schäfer et al. (Schäfer) 4,612,352 Sep. 16,
1986
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows : 2
(1) Claim 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being “directed to
an intended use”;
2The examiner has withdrawn the remaining rejections.
See Answer, pages 1 and 2 and Supplemental Answer, page 3.
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