Ex Parte Ansara et al - Page 1


                Appeal No.  2005-0149                                            Page ~ PAGE ~1~                   
                Application No.  10/214,632                                                                        


                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                               Ex parte CAROL ANSARA and URSULA COOPER                                             
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                                              Appeal No. 2005-0149                                                 
                                           Application No. 10/214,632                                              
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                                                    ON BRIEF                                                       
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                Before ELLIS, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
                ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                
                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                       This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                             
                examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3, 5 and 6, which are all the claims pending                
                in the application.                                                                                
                       Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                   
                below:                                                                                             
                       1. A cosmetic skin lightening product delivered from a dual chamber                         
                           package comprising:                                                                     
                              (A) a first composition within a first chamber of the dual chamber                   
                              package, the composition comprising:                                                 
                                     (i) from about 15 to about 25% of stearic acid by weight of                   
                                     the first composition;                                                        
                                     (ii) from about 0.01 to about 10% of a skin lightening agent                  
                                     by weight of the first composition;                                           






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