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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOANNA H. ZHANG,
JOSEPH R. FARYNIARZ, and
MICHAEL C. CHENEY
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Appeal No. 2007-0179
Application No. 10/601,856
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ON BRIEF
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Before GREEN, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to a cosmetic composition comprising a salt of
malonic acid. The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
“Sunscreen agents operate to shield human bodies from sun irradiation.
Unfortunately, sunscreen agent[s] upon occasion will discolor the cosmetic
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