The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH RAYMOND FARYNIARZ,
PHILIP EDWARD MINER, MICHAEL CHARLES CHENEY, and
JOANNA HONG ZHANG
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Appeal 2007-0535
Application 10/601,731
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: September 25, 2007
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Before ERIC GRIMES, LORA M. GREEN, and NANCY J. LINCK,
Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a
cosmetic composition. The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious.
We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The Specification describes a cosmetic composition including:
“(i) from about 0.0001 to about 30% by weight of a salt of malonic acid;
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