Ex Parte GALLAGHER et al - Page 1




                         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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.  18                 
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                                       Ex parte PETER GALLAGHER,                                              
                                      TIPAWAN KREU-NOPAKUN, and                                               
                                       ANDREW MALCOLM MURRAY                                                  
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                                            Appeal No. 2002-0608                                              
                                         Application No. 09/294,173                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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                Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                              
                GREEN, 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 claims 1-16.1  Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on          
                appeal, and reads as follows:                                                                 
                1.    An aqueous shampoo composition comprising, in addition to water:                        
                      i) at least one cleansing surfactant;                                                   
                      ii) a cationic deposition polymer; and                                                  









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