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.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007