Appeal No. 1997-1793
Application No. 08/528,044
9. Cosmetic articles, lacquers, catalysts and
photocatalysts containing the titanium dioxide powder set
forth in claim 2 as a UV absorber.
10. A skin cosmetic containing a flame-
hydrolytically prepared titanium dioxide component which
contains iron oxide in an amount of about 0.05 to about
10 wt.% of the titanium dioxide component.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Kleinschmit et al. 4,297,143 Oct. 27,
1981
(Kleinschmit)
Tuo Jin, Hideshi Hattori, and Kozo Tanabe (Hattori),
“Decomposition of 2-Butanol Catalyzed by Iron Oxide and Mixed
Oxides Containing Iron,” 56 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., no. 11,
3208-15 (November 1983).
Derwent Abstract AN 94-022607 (Ishihara)(publication date
unknown).1
The ground of rejection presented for our review in this
appeal is as follows:
1The examiner has indicated in the answer at page 2 that
Ishihara has a publication date of December, 1993. We note,
however, that the actual publication date of the Derwent
abstract, which is the document upon which the examiner
relies, is uncertain on this record. Although it appears that
the underlying Japanese patent document (JP 5-330825)
identified in the abstract was published in December, 1993,
this Japanese patent document has not been made of record in
the present application and has not been relied upon in the
examiner’s rejection.
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