Appeal No. 2006-0012
Application No. 10/061,338
These hair bleaching compositions are said to be “stable
upon storage” and “capable of being mixed only with aqueous
hydrogen peroxide compositions having a titre of not more than 40
volumes.” See the specification, page 3. The compositions are
also said to be “homogeneous, stable, ready-to-use bleaching
compositions that are easy to apply” and produce “intense and
homogeneous bleaching results without rendering the hair coarse.”
Id. Details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
representative claim 14 which is reproduced below:
1. A pulverulent composition for bleaching human keratin
fibers comprising, in a medium that is suitable for bleaching:
at least one peroxygenated salt;
at least one polymer chosen from nonionic amphiphilic and
anionic amphiphilic polymers, wherein said at least one polymer
comprises at least one fatty chain; and
at least one polydecene of formula C10nH[(20n)+2], in which n
ranges from 3 to 9, present in an amount by weight of less than
10% relative to the total weight of the composition.
PRIOR ART REFERENCE
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner in
4 The appellants have not supplied substantive arguments for the separate patentability
the individual claims on appeal. See the Brief and the Reply Brief in their entirety. Therefore,
for purposes of this appeal, we select claim 1 as representative of the claims on appeal and
decide the propriety of the examiner’s rejection set forth in the Answer based on this claim alone
consistent with 37 CFR § 1.192(c) (7) (2003) and 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004).
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