Appeal No. 1997-3354 Page 2
Application No. 08/469,809
per the Advisory Action mailed August 8, 1996, Paper No. 21. The Examiner withdrew all grounds of
rejection with respect to claims 11, 12, 16, 20, and 21 (Advisory Action). Therefore, this appeal is
limited to claims 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 13-15 and 17-19.
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to an aqueous alkaline cleaner composition and a method for
removing greasy soil containing lime-soaps from hard quarry or ceramic tile surfaces by applying the
composition to the tile surfaces. Claim 13 is illustrative:
13. An aqueous alkaline cleaner composition for removing greasy soil containing lime-soaps from
hard quarry or ceramic tile surfaces consisting essentially of:
(1) about 0.1-20 wt-% alkyl or alkylaryl ethoxy carboxylates of the
formula;
R - O - (CH CH O) (CH ) -CO X
2 2 n 2 m 2
wherein R is a C to C alkyl group or R 1
8 22
in which R is a C -C alkyl group,1
4 16
n is an integer of 1-20,
m is an integer of 1-3, and
X is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, or an amine cation selected from
monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine;
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