Appeal No. 96-0419
Application No. 07/928,063
use in permanent waving of human hair (Brief, page 2). The added chlorophyll or chlorophyll derivative
provides an improved curling effect (specification, page 2). Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A composition for the permanent waving of human hair, comprising a
permanent waving effective amount of a reducing agent and 0.01 to 0.2% by weight,
calculated based on the total composition, of a chlorophyll or chlorophyll derivative
which is at least partially water-soluble.
The chlorophyll derivative may be an alkali magnesium chlorophyllin, an alkali copper chlorophyllin or a
mixture thereof (claim 4), such as, sodium magnesium chlorophyllin or potassium magnesium
chlorophyllin (claim 10). The reducing agent may be a thioglycolic acid salt, glycerol
monothioglycollate, thiolactic acid or esters and inorganic sulfites thereof (claim 9).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
are:
Isobe 4,898,899 Feb. 06, 1990
Miki et al. (Miki) 4,906,462 Mar. 06, 1990
Amari et al. (Amari)2 56-29513 Mar. 24, 1981
(Kokoku)
THE MERCK INDEX (Merck), ninth edition, at 274-275 (Merck & Co., Inc., 1976).
2 We refer in our opinion to the translation of Amari prepared for the PTO by Schreiber Translations, Inc.,
in August 1994, a copy of which is attached to this decision.
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