Appeal No. 1999-0955
Application No. 08/687,872
Unlike claim 16, claim 19 does not require a container
partially filled with an antiperspirant or deodorant
composition having a viscosity of about 12,000 to 50,000 cP.
Instead, claim 19 is directed to a dispensing apparatus per se
which is capable of dispensing a viscous antiperspirant or
deodorant composition. Also, unlike dependent claim 24, which
requires that the dispensing apparatus be capable of
dispensing an antiperspirant or deodorant composition having a
viscosity of about 12,000 to 50,000 cP, the viscosity of the
composition which the apparatus defined in claim 19 must be
capable of dispensing is not recited in claim 19.
de Laforcade discloses an apparatus for dispensing a
viscous antiperspirant or deodorant composition comprising a
cylindrical can defining a reservoir 1 for the deodorant
composition and a dispenser or applicator head 9 affixed at
one end of the cylindrical can. de Laforcade teaches that the
dispenser head 9 may be a non-deformable, sintered, porous
polyethylene material with a porosity between 10 and 500
microns. See col. 3, ll. 32-37, 59 and 60. The applicator
head 9 is mounted within dish 8 so as to provide an outer face
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