Appeal No. 2002-0441 Page 2
Application No. 09/273,152
(b) a silicone gel material which is made by combining:
(i) a crosslinked organopolysiloxane material as a gelling agent
wherein the organopolysiloxane is made from at least one silicone hydride cross-
linking agent and at least one member selected from the group consisting of (A)
a vinyl polysiloxane and (B) an alpha, omega diene; and
(ii) a liquid base vehicle for the gelling agent wherein the vehicle is
made by combining at least one member of the group consisting of volatile
silicone materials and non-volatile silicone materials; and
(c) at least one nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 8-16 and an
absorption time of less than 10 minutes as evaluated by testing a sample
prepared by mixing
(i) 95% of a mixture of 5 weight % cyclopentasiloxane cetearyl
dimethicone/vinyl crosspolymer, 73.5 % weight cyclomethicone and 22.5
weight % aluminum zirconium tetrachlorhydrex glycine complex as a first mixture
with (ii) 5 weight% of the non-ionic surfactant as a second mixture; and
(d) at least one emollient material selected from the group consisting of
isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl stearate, isopropyl isostearate,
butyl stearate, octyl stearate, hexyl laurate, cetyl stearate, diisopropyl adipate,
isodecyl oleate, diisopropyl sebacate, isostearyl lactate, C 12-15alkyl benzoate,
myreth-3 myristate, dioctyl malate, neopentyl glycol diheptanoate, dipropylene
glycol dibenzoate, C 12-15alcohols lactate, isohexyl decanoate, isohexyl caprate,
diethylene glycol dioctanoate, octyl isononanoate, isodecyl octanoate, diethylene
glycol diisononanoate, isononyl isononanoate, isostearyl isostearate, behenyl
behenate, C 12-15alkyl fumarate, laureth-2 benzoate, propylene glycol isoceteth-3
acetate, propylene glycol ceteth-3 acetate, octyldodecyl myristate, and cetyl
recinoleate, myristyl myristate.
The examiner relies upon the following references:
Greczyn et al. (Greczyn) 5,302,381 Apr. 12, 1994
Schulz, Jr. et al. (Schulz) 5,654,362 Aug. 5, 1997
Lee et al. (Lee) 5,919,437 Jul. 6, 1999
Claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11-14, 17-22, 24, 27-30 and 32-39 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over the combination of Lee and
Greczyn. In addition, claims 10, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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