The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte Robert C. Brown __________ Appeal No. 2005-0263 Application No. 10/314,766 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WARREN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1 and 4-11. The subject matter on appeal relates to a soap bar element for minimizing the amount of soap remaining on the bar after a few uses comprising a non-soap central core and a soap shell surrounding the core wherein the core occupies at least 75 volume 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007