Appeal No. 1997-3037 Application 08/390,412 DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 9, 12, 16, 2 22 and 24 through 27, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 9, 22 and 25 are representative and read as follows: 9. A sedative fragrance composition comprising (a) 1,3-dimethoxy-5- methylbenzene in an amount of from 0.01 to 30% by weight as a fragrance modifier, and (b) a stimulative component, wherein said stimulative component is a jasmine formulation. 22. A process for imparting sedative effect to a fragrance product by blending the fragrance product with a fragrance composition which contains (a) 1,3-dimethoxy-5- methylbenzene in an amount of from 0.01 to 30% by weight as a fragrance modifier, and (b) a stimulative component selected from the group consisting of a jasmine formulation and a floral formulation, said fragrance composition having a relative value of less than 100% in a CNV measurement. 25. A sedative fragrance composition comprising (a) 1,3-dimethoxy-5- methylbenzene in an amount of from 0.01 to 30% by weight as a fragrance modifier, and (b) a stimulative component, wherein said stimulative component is selected from the group consisting of jasmine oil, ylang-ylang oil and basil oil. The references relied on by the examiner are: Machida et al. (Machida) 5,023,020 Jun. 11, 1991 Japanese Kokoku (Yomogida) 61-43106 Mar. 1, 1986 2The record shows that the claims numbered 25 through 28 in the Appendix accompanying the Brief were originally presented in the amendment filed November 1, 1995, and were renumbered under 37 CFR § 1.126 as claims 24 through 27. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007