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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HENRI SAMAIN and ISABELLE CRETOIS
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Appeal No. 2004-2081
Application No. 09/799,601
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HEARD May 3, 2005
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-19, all of the claims remaining. Claim 1 is representative and reads
as follows:
1. A non-washing cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically
acceptable medium, at least one nonionic guar gum and at least one non-crosslinked
anionic copolymer chosen from:
(A) copolymers comprising (i) at least one unit of at least one monomer
chosen from maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, maleic
anhydride, fumaric anhydride, and itaconic anhydride, and (ii) at
least one unit of at least one monomer chosen from vinyl esters,
vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, phenylvinyl derivatives, acrylic acid, and
acrylic acid esters;
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