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              Appeal No. 2004-0378                                                                                            
              Application No. 09/765,675                                                                                      

                      20. A nanoemulsion according to claim 17, wherein said anionic amphiphilic                              
                             lipids are chosen from:                                                                          
                      - alkyl ether citrates,                                                                                 
                      - alkoxylated alkenyl succinates,                                                                       
                      - alkoxylated glucose alkenyl succinates, and                                                           
                      - alkoxylated methylglucose alkenyl succinates.                                                         
                      23.    A nanoemulsion according to claim 1[,] further comprising at least one                           
                             ionic amphiphilic lipid chosen from cationic amphiphilic lipids and anionic                      
                             amphiphilic lipids chosen from:                                                                  
                      - alkaline salts of dicetyl phosphate and of dimyristyl phosphate;                                      
                      - alkaline salts of cholesteryl sulfate;                                                                
                      - alkaline salts of cholesteryl phosphate;                                                              
                      - lipoamino acids and salts thereof;                                                                    
                      - sodium salts of phosphatidic acid;                                                                    
                      - phospholipids; and                                                                                    
                      - alkyslulfonic derivatives of formula:                                                                 
                                            R-CH-CO-O-(CH2-CH2-CO)-CH3                                                        
                                            l                                                                                 
                                            SO3M                                                                              
                             in which R, which may be identical or different in embodiments wherein                           
                             more than one of said alkylsulfonic derivative is used, is chosen from                           
                             C16-C22 alkyl groups, and M is chosen from alkali metals and alkaline-earth                      
                             metals.                                                                                          
                      64.    A nanoemulsion according to claim 1 further comprising at least one                              
                             aminosilicone.                                                                                   
                      78.    An oil-in-water nanoemulsion comprising oil globules with an average size                        
                             of less than 150nm comprising at least one oily phase, at least one                              
                             amphiphilic lipid, and at least one nonionic polymer comprising at least                         
                             one hydrophobic block and at least one hydrophilic block.                                        
                      The examiner relies on the following references:                                                        
              Ziegler et al. (Ziegler)                    5,135,748                   Aug.  4, 1992                         
              Matzik et al. (Matzik)                      5,716,418                   Feb. 10, 1998                         
              European Patent Applications                                                                                    
              Simonnet                                    0 780 114                   Jun. 25, 1997                         
              Restle et al. (Restle)                      0 842 652                   May 20, 1998                          





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