The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that challenged claims of Procter & Gamble Co.'s patent directed to deodorant compositions and methods of making the composition are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Dr. Squatch LLC. The board said that the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses discloses anhydrous personal care compositions containing zinc oxide, relates to a deodorant formulation and preparation thereof with natural ingredients in the absence of heavy metal complexes and/or petroleum based or related compounds, and that describes a study that ...
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