Ex parte ROSE et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1996-0454                                                        
          Application No. 08/195,374                                                  


          Yoshioka et al. (Yoshioka)         5,116,608           May  26,             
          1992                                                                        
          Kolc et al. (Kolc)                 5,223,252           Jun. 29,             
          1993                                                                        
          British patent (Wella)             2 108 163           May  11,             
          1983                                                                        
               All of the claims on appeal are rejected under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Wella in view of Yoshioka or               
          Kolc.                                                                       
               We refer to the Brief and to the Answer for a thorough                 
          discussion of the respective viewpoints expressed by the                    
          appellants and the examiner concerning the above noted                      
          rejection.                                                                  


                                       OPINION                                        
               This rejection cannot be sustained.                                    
               Wella discloses two separate compositions which are to be              
          mixed in order to obtain a ready-to-use composition for                     
          permanent waving of human hair.  However, these compositions                
          do not at all correspond to the here claimed first and second               
          compositions.  More specifically, Wella’s component one                     
          composition includes a thioglycolate and a carbonate in                     
          admixture whereas the corresponding ingredients of the                      

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