Appeal No. 1999-1349
Application No. 08/110,115 Page 2
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a liquid composition for
use in cooling skin, and methods of use of the composition. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A non-ozone depleting, non-toxic and non-
carcinogenic vapocoorant liquid chemical composition for use
in localized cooling of a desired area of the skin of humans
and other animals and in conjunction with the spray and
stretch treatment technique, said composition:
comprising by total weight of the composition 40 to 55%
hydrofluorocarbon selected from the group consisting of 1,1-
difluorocarbon selected from the group consisting of 1,1-
difluorocarbon, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,3-trifluoro-2-
fluoro propane, and mixtures thereof, and 60 to 45% of ethyl
alcohol; being substantially free of chlorinated
fluorocarbons; and
being capable of cooling said desired area to at least
as low as approximately minus 5°C, upon spraying of said
composition onto said desired area, for a maximum of 5
seconds.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bargigia et al. (Bargigia) 4,198,313 Apr. 15, 1980
Seney 4,646,735 Mar. 03, 1987
McDow 5,330,745 Jul. 19, 1994
Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences (Remington), 17th Ed., 1985,
p.1307.
Heiskel et al. (Heiskel), Chemical Abstracts 114:108708y (1991).
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