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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parteTAKAHIRO HIRAISHI, KYOKO MATSUMOTO,
ANDREW MALCOM MURRAY and
TADASHI NUMATA
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Appeal No. 2003-0862
Application No. 09/518,032
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, 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 1-12 which are all of the claims pending in this application.
Claims 1 and 8 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as follows:
1. Hair treatment composition comprising a silicone component which comprises
a silicone gum with a viscosity greater than 1 Mcs, a silicone fluid with a viscosity of less
than 100 Kcs, and an amino functionalised silicone, wherein said viscosity is measured
by means of a glass capillary viscometer as set forth in Dow Corning Corporate Test
Method CTM004.
8. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the silicone component is in the
form of a mechanical emulsion.
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