Ex Parte Maes 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                             for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                    
                                                __________                                                   
                       Ex parte DANIEL H. MAES, KENNETH D. MARENUS, and                                      
                                       CHRISTINA G. FTHENAKIS                                                
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                                             Appeal 2007-1144                                                
                                          Application 10/424,616                                             
                                          Technology Center 1600                                             
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                                          Decided: May 30, 2007                                              
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                Before TONI R. SCHEINER, DEMETRA J. MILLS, and ERIC GRIMES,                                  
                Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                
                GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         


                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a method                   
                and composition for artificially tanning the skin.  The Examiner has rejected                
                the claims as obvious.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).  We                     
                affirm.                                                                                      
                                             BACKGROUND                                                      
                      As the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum “represents                    
                the major chemical and physical barrier between the body and the                             



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