Appeal No. 95-4575
Application No. 08/097,063
The examiner’s comments at item (2) on page 5 of the answer
suggest that he may believe a primary amine would be “derived
from/generated by” Behan’s above-noted Schiff’s base. However,
we find no evidence, and the examiner points to none, in support
of such a belief. Similarly, even if a primary amine were
“derived from/generated by” the Schiff’s base, we find no
evidence that this would occur during McAskie’s step of forming
an admixture of a fatty acid and a basic alkaline earth metal
compound in an aqueous medium as required by the independent
claim on appeal.
In light of the foregoing, we cannot sustain the examiner’s
Section 103 rejection of claims 1 through 7 and 9 through 12 as
being unpatentable over McAskie in view of Behan.
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