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,
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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.
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