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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
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 J. MALTON,
LYNETTE A.M. HOLLAND,
GEORGE RIZZI, and
GABOR HELTOVICS
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Appeal No. 2004-0384
Application No. 09/979,424
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, GRON, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1 through 5
and 7 through 12, which are all of the claims pending in the application.
The Invention
The present invention relates to cosmetic compositions and, in particular, to long-
lasting fragrance compositions. According to applicants, they have surprisingly found
that compositions comprising fragrance and cyclic oligosaccharides having one or more
unsubstituted alkyl substituents, wherein the weight ratio of (a) fragrance to (b) cyclic
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