Appeal No. 2006-0609
Application No. 10/036,862
separately on appeal as follows (the Brief, pages 6, 12, 16, 17,
and 18):
Subheading A: Claims 1 and 5 through 11;
Subheading B: Claims 2 through 4;
Subheading C: Claims 12 through 22;
Subheading D: Claims 23 through 29; and
Subheading E: Claims 30 through 34.
Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we select claims 1, 2,
12, 23 and 30 as representative of all of the claims on appeal
and determine the propriety of the examiner’s Section 103
rejection set forth below based on these claims alone consistent
with 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004). Claims 1, 2, 12, 23 and 30
are reproduced below:
1. A method for cleaning soil from an animal body
surface, comprising:
instructing a user to wipe an animal body surface
with a fresh product at least three times;
wherein at least one fresh product is dry, and at
last [sic, least] one fresh product is wet.
2. The method of claim 1, where in the instructing
comprises directing the user to wipe the surface with a dry
product, followed by wiping the surface with a dry product,
followed by wiping the surface with a wet product.
12. A system for facilitating the cleaning of an
animal body surface, comprising:
a package comprising a first fresh product; and
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