Ex parte BIENER - Page 14




               Appeal No. 1997-0003                                                                                             
               Application No. 08/342,614                                                                                       
                              (b)    from about 0.05 to about 10% by weight of a therapeutic agent at                           
               least partially soluble in said solution and effective for treatment of said skin disease; and                   
                              (c)    a solvent for said salt composition.                                                       
                      19.     The method of claim 18 wherein said solvent comprises water.                                      
                      20.     The method of claim 19 wherein said salt components are present in said                           
               composition in the following proportions, expressed as grams/kilogram of salt mixture in                         
               the ionic state:                                                                                                 
               CATIONS (g/kg)                               ANIONS (g/kg)                                                       
               Sodium 150-380                               Chloride 150-750                                                    
               Magnesium 10-90                              Sulfate 20 to 200                                                   
               Calcium 1 to 30                              Hydrogen Carbonate 1 to 5                                           
               Potassium 0.5 to 35                  Carbonate 0.1 to 2                                                          
                      21.     The method of claim 20 wherein said salt composition is free of added Zinc.                       
                      23.     The method of claim 21 wherein said composition is mixed with surface                             
               active agents sufficient to form a shampoo.                                                                      
                      24.     The method of claim 21 wherein said salt composition is also free of added                        
               iodide, fluoride, silicate, borate, lithium, aluminum and iron ions.                                             
                      25.     The method of claim 21 wherein said salt composition comprises at least                           
               67% by weight sodium chloride.                                                                                   
                      26.     The method of claim 21 wherein said salt composition further contains from                        
               about 1 to 2.5 grams/kilogram of salt mixture of bromide ions.                                                   
                      27.     The method of claim 21 wherein said salt composition further contains from                        
               about 0.1 to 0.3 grams/kilogram of salt mixture of strontium ions.                                               
                      28.     The method of claim 20 wherein said mixture comprises salt components                             
               such that the salt components are present in the mixture in the following proportions,                           
               expressed as grams/kilogram of salt mixture in the ionic state:                                                  
               CATIONS (g/kg)                               ANIONS (g/kg)                                                       

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