Ex Parte Graydon et al - Page 1



                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                    
                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                           

                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                                    Ex parte ANDREW R. GRAYDON,                                                
                                             KEVIN G. BLYTH,                                                   
                                           KEVIN L. KOTT, and                                                  
                                             GLENN S. WARD                                                     
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                                           Appeal No. 2007-0360                                                
                                         Application No. 11/050,001                                            
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before GRIMES, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
             LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            

                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                   This appeal involves claims to a solid particulate laundry detergent.  The                  
             Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.                 
             § 134.  We affirm.                                                                                
                                                 Background                                                    
                   Laundry detergents that contain clay, silicone (including polysiloxane), and                
             flocculating agents are known in the prior art.  Specification 2: 22-25.  These are               





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