Appeal No. 1997-3170
Application No. 08/330,597
rinse cycle of mechanical warewashing, at a
concentration of at least about 50 parts of the nonionic
surface active agent per million parts of the rinse.
In support of his rejections, the examiner relies on
the following prior art references:
Chun et al. (Chun) 5,133,892 Jul. 28,
1992
Corring 5,160,448 Nov. 3,
1992
Gandolfo et al. (Gandolfo) EP 0 008 830 A1 Mar. 19, 1980
(Published European Patent Application)
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 62-288697 Dec. 15,
1987 (Published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)1
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
1) Claims 1, 9, 10, 29 and 35 through 49 under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over the disclosure of Corring;
2) Claims 29, 35 through 38 and 47 through 49 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the disclosure of Chun;
3) Claims 1, 7 through 14, 29 and 35 through 49 under
1Our reference to this published Japanese Patent
Application is to the corresponding English translation of
record.
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