The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SREEKUMAR PILLAI, UMA SANTHANAM, MARIEANN
CARLOMUSTO, and CAROL ANNETTE BOSKO
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Appeal No. 2001-1779
Application No. 09/398,898
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and GRIMES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claim 2, the only pending claim. Claim 2 reads as follows:
2. A skin care composition comprising:
(i) an organic extract of chick peas in an amount such as
to provide an estrogenic activity equivalent to at least
1 nM of estradiol;
(ii) a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.
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