Ex parte MUELLER et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-0327                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/204,150                                                  


          “. . . the fullness and stylability of hair . . .”                          
          (specification, page 3).  According to appellants, the                      
          composition is directed to the problem of providing an aqueous              
          cleaning composition that would “combine high foaming power                 
          with a minimal effect on the skin” while diminishing “. . .                 
          the smoothness of dry hair without making the hair tacky and                
          without any adverse effect on its wet combability[sic,                      
          compatability]” (specification, pages 2 and 3).  The claimed                
          composition comprises four components in the following weight               
          percent amounts:                                                            
          (A) about 1-50% of a specified class of anionic surfactant(s);              
          (B) about 0.5-10% of one or more alkyl glycosides of a                      
          specified formula;                                                          
          (C) about 0.1-5% of an anionic polymer; and                                 
          (D) about 35-98.4% water;                                                   
          with the additional proviso that the sum (in respective weight              
          percents) of components B and C is no greater than component                
          A.                                                                          
               Claim 6, the only independent claim on appeal, is                      
          reproduced below.                                                           









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