Ex Parte Ghosh et al - Page 1


                         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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DIPAK GHOSH, USHA V. MURTHY,                                        
                          MUNAWAR HUSSAIN RANDHAWA, NATALYA GURMAN,                                           
                 PERRY ROMANOWSKI, MEDARDO HERNANDEZ and DEBORAH A. EAGAN                                     
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                                           Appeal No.  2006-1021                                              
                                         Application No.  09/851,882                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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                Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and LEBOVITZ, 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 1-68, which are all the claims pending in the            
                application.                                                                                  
                      Claims 1, 43 and 45 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and                
                are reproduced below:                                                                         
                       1. A composition comprising a skin moisturizing effective amount of a                  
                           combination of urea and coenzyme Q10, wherein the ratio of urea to                 
                           coenzyme Q10 in the composition is from about 6:1 to about 10:1                    
                           (wt./wt.).                                                                         
                      45. A method of improving the after-feel of a cosmetic composition when                 
                           the composition is applied to the skin, the method comprising                      
                           including in the composition an after-feel enhancing-effective amount              






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