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is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FILOMENA AUGUSTA MACEDO,
and GREGORY AARON GRISSETT
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Appeal 2007-2157
Application 11/000,692
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: July 31, 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 personal
cleansing kit. The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Implements such as woven and non-woven textiles, natural and
synthetic sponges, and loofahs have “long been utilized to enhance speed
and volume of lathering” for cleansing human skin (Specification 1).
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