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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENNETH T. DODD, JOHN V. LAWLER,
and CHRISTOPHER S. COUGHLIN
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Appeal No. 2005-2046
Application No. 10/101,004
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ON BRIEF
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Before ELLIS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge.
REMAND TO THE EXAMINER
Our consideration of the record leads us to conclude that this case is not in
condition for a decision on appeal. Accordingly, we remand the application to the
examiner to consider the following issues and take appropriate action.
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final rejection of
claims 1-28, which are all of the claims on appeal in this application.
Representative claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method of shaving comprising applying to an area of skin a shaving
composition and shaving said area of skin, wherein the shaving composition
comprises an aqueous polymer solution having a stress ratio in excess of 3.0 at a
shear rate of 800 sec -l .
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