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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRIAN ANDREW CROTTY, CRAIG STEPHEN SLAVTCHEFF
and MICHAEL CHARLES CHENEY
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Appeal No. 2003-0947
Application No. 09/854,372
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, GRIMES and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-6, all
the claims pending in the application. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal:
1. A cosmetic cream cleanser composition comprising:
(i) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a silicate;
(ii) from about 0.001 to about 2% by weight of a crosslinked carboxyvinyl
polymer other than a long chain C10-C30 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate
containing polymer;
(iii) from about 0.01 to about 40% by weight of a silicone copolyol
sulfosuccinate; and
(iv) a cosmetically acceptable carrier;
wherein the composition has a viscosity ranging from about 20,000 to about
500,000 cp.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
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